The German Federal Ministry for Education and Families, run by centre-right CDU Minister Karin Prien, is facing mounting criticism after revelations that it has funneled nearly €11 million this year to the controversial DeZIM Institute—an organisation deeply embedded in Germany’s far-left activist scene.
DeZIM claims to combat racism and right-wing extremism—but its activities and partnerships reveal strong ties to radical left-wing activism. Almost all work done by the institute’s “researchers” is based on the belief that Germans live in a structurally racist society, according to media outlet Nius.de.
DeZIM’s leader, Naika Foroutan, described communism as a “utopia that is worth pursuing further.” She has lectured the Germans, saying that this country “per se belongs to no one.”
One of DeZIM’s “scientists,” Cihan Sinanoğlu, who comes from the milieu of the radical left-wing militant Antifa network, said in a tweet in 2020 that “Antifa in the neighborhood protects more than the police.”
As we recently reported, taxpayer money is also being used by the Karin Prien-led ministry to support organisations that have made openly antisemitic statements.
In her recent commentary for europeanconservative.com, Sabine Beppler-Spahl writes:
By funding organisations that ordinary Germans would never voluntarily support, the state has created and emboldened an artificial network of quasi-lobbyists dependent on government money.
