Overview
- Alice Weidel used a WELT-TV interview to equate the Verfassungsschutz with the former East German Stasi, calling its operatives “schmierige Stasi-Spitzel.”
- Weidel claimed she is treated as a right-wing extremist suspect and said she is being surveilled, asserting that “everything” she writes is read.
- She singled out Thuringia’s intelligence chief Stephan Kramer with an allegation about a biker association, a claim the interviewer disputed on air.
- WELT’s Jan Philipp Burgard challenged several of her assertions, and other outlets criticized the Stasi comparison as historically inappropriate, noting the agency’s parliamentary oversight.
- The exchange was prompted by the reported review of the AfD youth group Generation Deutschland for possible observation, as broader scrutiny of AfD entities by federal and state offices continues.