The actions of radical climate activists have been a regular topic at the Counter Terrorism Center for the past two years. This results in a request from left-wing politician Renner. She criticizes that groups like the “Last Generation” were more often an issue than the right-wing extremist network “Nordkreuz”.
The protest and sabotage actions of radical climate protectors have been discussed more than two dozen times in the past two years in the Joint Center for Countering Extremism and Terrorism (GETZ). As the federal government announced in an answer to a parliamentary question, between the beginning of December 2020 and the end of November 2022, actions by the groups Extinction Rebellion and “Last Generation” were discussed in 28 meetings of the committee.
The question was asked by the chairwoman of the left-wing faction in the Bundestag’s interior committee, Martina Renner. She criticized the fact that at this level the actions of climate protectors had been exchanged much more frequently than in previous years with the right-wing extremist group “Nordkreuz”. She said that this “disproportionate focus completely ignores the current threat situation and shows that the authorities are setting dangerous priorities: ‘The enemy is still on the left.'” At least the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, had recently emphasized several times that In his view, right-wing extremism is currently the greatest threat.
Representatives from a total of 40 authorities from the federal and state police and intelligence services take part in GETZ meetings. Activists from the group “Last Generation” tried again last week to draw attention to the climate crisis by disrupting flight operations. In November, supporters of Extinction Rebellion blocked private jets at the airport in Amsterdam.
