Last week, three members of the staff at Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service with suspected far-right connections were suspended, prompting an internal review by the agency. Just a few weeks earlier, 18 police officers in Germany were fired after participating in a group chat with far-right, anti-Semitic, and racist content.
All this comes less than three months after German prosecutors announced the arrest of 25 people, who stand accused of a bold plot by the far right to overthrow the German government. Among those arrested: an active duty soldier, a Russian citizen, and a German prince.