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German politicians considered pro-migrant by the far right are in the crosshairs of xenophobic groups. Direct threats are addressed to them as revealed by two mayors already physically attacked in the past. Concerning reports that a conservative politician was killed earlier this month and a suspect with a neo-Nazi past was arrested.
With our correspondent in Berlin, Pascal Thibaut
" Far-right terrorist violence is in the current climate of hatred at any time possible. For Timo Reinfrank from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which specializes in monitoring the extreme right, the time is rife.
Lists of politicians circulate on the net against elected officials because of their position favorable to migrants. On the site "Nuremberg 2.0", there are all those accused of contributing to the systematic Islamization of Germany. Social networks relay these attacks ad hominem .
After the murder of a Christian-Democratic official at the beginning of the month and the arrest last weekend of a suspect with a neo-Nazi past, two German mayors, already physically attacked by right-wing extremists in the past, reveal having received new threats. For example, Cologne mayor Henriette Reker was seriously wounded in the fall of 2015, when Germany welcomed several hundred thousand refugees.
For the president of the association of German cities, these threats are a strategy of the extreme right : " From the moment you take clear positions, you are threatened. We had to get used to this kind of practice. "