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Merz calls for the use of modern technology against extremists
Friedrich Merz calls for more extensive use of modern technology by the investigative authorities. photo
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German investigative authorities are limited in their ability to use modern technology such as facial recognition software against criminals. CDU leader Merz is calling for a rethink in this regard.
“If the sentence is correct that we must defend ourselves against every form of political radicalism, against right-wing radicalism as well as against left-wing radicalism, “with all the means of the constitutional state”, then these modern detection methods are part of it. Data protection must not be used to protect perpetrators will,” emphasized Merz.
Merz speaks of a resurgence in left-wing terrorism
From Merz’s point of view, the arrest of the former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette “sheds a spotlight on the left-wing terrorism that is still present and is growing again in Germany.” “Klette would not have been able to stay hidden for so long without help from a supportive environment that knew her identity,” Merz continues. As reassuring as their arrest is, it is equally worrying that Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Wilhelm Staub, two of the RAF terrorists who have been in hiding for over 30 years, are at large and there is a “significant circle of supporters” for them.
According to the Berlin police on Sunday, around 600 people took part in a support demonstration for the former RAF terrorists in Berlin on Saturday evening. Among other places, they walked through Sebastianstrasse, where Klette had lived under an assumed name before her arrest at the end of February.