Germany plans to deploy more manpower to combat left-wing extremism

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2026-01-12

Cologne (dpa) - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt plans to deploy more domestic intelligence officers to combat left-wing extremism, he told the annual conference of the civil servants' association in Cologne on Monday. "The domestic intelligence service will be reinforced in this area," the Bavarian conservative said, adding that he had already ordered this last Monday. "I simply do not want to give left-wing extremism any space in ou......

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