From the Greens’ point of view, the investigation into a suspected terrorist organization from the “Reich Citizens” scene has thrown a spotlight on a milieu whose dangerousness has long been underestimated.
It is good that the federal prosecutor’s office acted here, because it has long been known that “the potential for violence in this scene is great,” said parliamentary group leader Konstantin von Notz on the sidelines of a special session of the Bundestag’s legal committee. He accused the AfD of playing down “Reich citizens”.
Among the suspects were members of the Bundeswehr and police officers
The Greens chairman Omid Nouripour said that it was not only necessary to point out that in the course of the investigation, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a former AfD member of the Bundestag, was taken into custody, “but that if you look at the ideologies that are coming together, then the AfD is actually the parliamentary arm of those who don’t want this republic”. It is alarming that the suspects in this case also include members of the Bundeswehr and police officers.
“The danger from the right also applies to the Union”
A search in spring found a list of celebrities, including politicians, on one of the suspects. What he intended with the list is still unclear. The Greens domestic politician Misbah Khan said that Union faction leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) and former North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet are on this list, showing that “the danger from the right also applies to the Union”. It is important “to act together as democrats against the threats and attacks from the right”.
“Reichsbürger” group set up “homeland security companies”.
Meanwhile, it is said that the raised “Reich Citizens” group obviously had significantly more accomplices than previously known. After a special meeting in Berlin, members of the Bundestag’s Legal Affairs Committee reported that investigators had found a three-digit number of so-called “non-disclosure agreements” from people who had been approached by the group.
According to the deputies, the alleged conspirators had planned to form more than 280 “homeland security companies” nationwide. Concrete preparations have already been made for this in Saxony, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. Even if there is no indication that an attempted coup was imminent, the threat here should be taken seriously because of the high level of violence among those involved, said the legal policy spokesman for the Union faction, Günter Krings (CDU).
During the searches, more than 400,000 euros in cash, gold and silver coins were found, said Clara Bünger (left). There should also be a locker in which there should be gold bars worth six million euros.
