Overview
- Deniz Celik let the deadline pass without signing the demanded declaration from Hamburg’s domestic intelligence service.
- The legal letter instructed him not to repeat the contested line and threatened court action if he did.
- In an October 21 release, Celik wrote that the Verfassungsschutz has “repeatedly been noticeable for protecting right-wing networks.”
- Celik called the move absurd and cited the failed NPD ban tied to informants and entanglements in the NSU complex as context for his criticism.
- Die Linke co-leader David Stoop denounced the measure as legally troubling and intimidating to opposition lawmakers, noting the service is subordinated to the Interior Authority.