The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine also influence the security situation in Germany. President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Haldenwang warns of attacks and sees “a density of incidents” like never before in the history of his office.
According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the Middle East conflict has an impact on the security situation in Germany. “The latent danger of Islamist-motivated attacks has increased as a result of events in the Middle East,” explained President Thomas Haldenwang at a symposium. The topic there is the security situation in Germany as a result of the current international conflicts.
Haldenwang was concerned about people who could be “motivated” to carry out attacks by the war in the Middle East. They could attack “soft targets,” said Haldenwang. These would be, for example, easily accessible public events. His authority had already pointed out in the past that Islamist propaganda could encourage radicalized individual perpetrators to carry out attacks, for example with knives.
Haldenwang: defense of Constitution has much to do
In the ARD morning magazine Haldenwang said there was “a density of incidents” like never before in the history of his office. In addition to anti-Israel propaganda and Islamist radicalization, he also cited espionage and cyberattacks by Russia. Active work is being done to destabilize democracy in Germany.
“They use all means: espionage and cyber attacks, influence and disinformation, proliferation and sabotage as well as state terrorism,” said Haldenwang. The increase in conflicts and the growing desire for power by authoritarian states as well as global power shifts would always have an influence on the security situation in Germany.