Germany's Top Security Queen Pushes Government Dragnet To Track 'Right-Wing Extremist' Financing

With Europe's open borders and 'green globalism' resulting in a massive wave of populism, Germany's top security czar said on Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to track the finances of so-called right-wing extremists,' a catch-all phrase for 'people who don't agree with us' who would be surveilled by bureaucrats that would undoubtedly abuse their new tools (see: Justin Trudeau).

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's proposals follow a report that said 'extremists' met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants. The group included members of Germany's conservative AfD party, whose support has doubled since the 2021 German election, the Washington Post reports.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency says the number of far-right extremists has been rising. In 2022, it reached 38,800, with 14,000 of them considered potentially violent. The agency’s head, Thomas Haldenwang, said the numbers are believed to have risen again last year.

Faeser said efforts to shut down extremists’ financing have been hampered because financial investigations are limited to “inciting and violence-oriented” movements. She suggested that the law be changed to make a group’s “threat potential” grounds for such investigations, and the proceedings should be faster and less bureaucratic.