Overview

• Interior Minister Reinhold Jost presented the 2024 Verfassungsschutz report alongside agency head Ulrich Pohl at a state press conference on Tuesday.
• Authorities describe internet-based groups recruiting young people in Saarland and coordinating real-world actions against foreigners, especially Muslims, and against queer communities including at Christopher Street Day.
• Jost warned of a developing radicalization spiral, with right‑wing actions prompting responses in the left‑wing extremist scene and a growing orientation toward violence on both sides.
• The state has added ten positions to the Verfassungsschutz, bringing staffing to roughly 100 posts to bolster early-warning and security efforts.
• The steps align with a previously launched five-point security plan, and experts assess that right‑wing extremism likely remained the predominant threat in 2024 after leading the risk landscape in 2023.