Overview

• Wilfried Peters, previously vice president of the Berlin Administrative Court, assumed the top post at Brandenburg’s domestic intelligence service on July 14.
• He is set to draft revisions to the state’s constitutional protection law to establish independent oversight and guard against political instrumentalization.
• The classification of the Alternative für Deutschland as a right-wing extremist organization remains suspended pending court review.
• According to the latest report, the service identified a record 3,650 right-wing extremists last year and noted a surge in youth-oriented extremist cells.
• The change at the helm underscores broader national debates over the autonomy of domestic intelligence during ongoing federal coalition negotiations.