
“The Intelligence Agency Has Been Weaponised To Attack Political Rivals”—Former German Spy Chief Hans-Georg Maaßen
“The agency’s mandate is to protect the constitutional order—not to carry out political vendettas.”

“The agency’s mandate is to protect the constitutional order—not to carry out political vendettas.”

“Two losing parties form a coalition, despite the fact that Germans have voted to have a right-wing government. To me, this is profoundly undemocratic.”
“It smells too much” like a desperate attempt to “eliminate the political rivals.”

Keeping the report secret was not intended to protect the domestic spy agency from external threats, but to conceal the investigation’s weak foundation from public scrutiny.

Many of the quotes assembled are critical of mass immigration, the rise in crime, and, in particular, of sexual assaults in Germany.
We are “even bigger” than the U.S., the chancellor said, referring to Europe’s consumer market, which surpasses that of North America.

The establishment’s authoritarian power plays are eroding the already low level of public trust.

The latest attack on the party has already backfired, prompting “a new record” in membership applications.
Tino Chrupalla: Such means to fight the opposition are “not used in any other Western democracy.”
Friedrich Merz for now has remained silent on the issue.