[This Post was originally posted in r/TankieTheDeprogram]
Apologies if this is the wrong tag, also I used the google auto-translate function for this article.
I really had to share this with you all.
So as of this week the CDU announced that they want to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism in Germany….
The article states (again it was translated with google translate)
After the attack in berlin, Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism.
Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt has announced a strengthened fight against left-wing extremism.
“The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution should focus more closely on this phenomenon, the CSU politician said in Berlin. The agency will be reinforced with additional staff for this purpose. Dobrindt emphasized that this would not lead to a reduction in resources in other areas such as right-wing extremism and Islamism.
At the beginning of the year, an apparently left-wing extremist arson attack on a cable bridge in western Berlin led to a power outage lasting several days in the southwest of the capital. Following the attack, so-called "volcano groups" claimed responsibility. The Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Prosecutor General today offered a reward of up to one million euros for information leading to the identification of the perpetrators.”
Anyways I find this concerning since there are hardly any leftists in Germany, so anyone could be accused of being an extremist.
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Article source: (I am sure u can also find other sources covering this topic):
Deutchlandfunk: Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism. January 27, 2026.
im half german btw, though i live in belgium. I know that there are leftists orgs though there parties are hardly in power and are often already hidden. The problem I have is that this union guy is attempting to shift the overton window again, and instating a CDU/AFD hegemony. This could also mean people who are having opinions that are slightly left leaning could be targeted.
And I live in Germany.
Merz has turned out to be exactly what I expected him to be. A German Ronald Reagan. Except he doesn't have the chsrisma and instead does racist statements every once in a while.
I have lived in Germany btw, and my family had to flee from existential poverty and neonazis attacking us. (and this shouldn't escalate to who's is more German and who knows about Germany more).
I know about Merz, but i wouldn't call him a German Ronald Reagan. He is far more sinister and corporate and he is a nazi. He always has been a horrible person.