Overview

• Authorities opened 302 new extremism-suspicion cases in 2024, five fewer than in 2023.
• Right-wing allegations accounted for 216 of the new cases and roughly three-quarters of all suspicions handled.
• Military counterintelligence recorded 1,159 cases on its books by year-end, reflecting the overall caseload being processed.
• Eighteen people were newly classified as extremists in 2024, four more than the previous year.
• The MAD also logged 33 Islamist, 11 left-wing, 31 foreign-related, five Reichsbürger or self-administrator, and one Scientology-related case, and it noted more sensitive reporting within the ranks.