Overview
- Alice Weidel labeled Verfassungsschutz employees “schmierige Stasi-Spitzel” on Welt TV and accused the agency on X of spying on the opposition.
- Police union chief Jochen Kopelke condemned the remarks as targeted, inhumane attacks intended to undermine the agency’s work and intimidate its staff.
- Thuringia’s intelligence chief Stephan Kramer rejected the Stasi comparison, arguing the Verfassungsschutz safeguards the democratic order under the rule of law.
- The federal office’s move to classify the AfD as a proven right‑wing extremist effort is currently suspended pending the party’s legal challenge.
- State agencies in eastern Germany have already labeled four AfD state associations, including Thuringia, as proven right‑wing extremist organizations, and a prior post by Björn Höcke urging staff to find new jobs has been removed.