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Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called for closer international cooperation between the security authorities in the fight against right-wing extremism.
The protests against the corona pandemic would be used not only in Germany, but worldwide by right-wing extremists to spread their ideas, said the SPD politician of the German press agency.
“The nationally minded are joining forces internationally, in a new dimension.
We not only have to work together against the virus, but also against right-wing extremist poison for our democracy. "
The European Union, the United Nations and the OSCE are already working on programs against the law.
"But it is also clear that the fight against this threat that we have now taken on cannot function without improved international cooperation between the security authorities."
A study commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office on the international networking of right-wing extremists became known on Friday.
It states that between 2015 and 2020 a “new leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic and violent” movement of right-wing extremists emerged and is developing.
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The movement sees the corona pandemic as an opportunity to further spread its ideology and to recruit supporters.
However, their activities outside the internet would also be restricted.
That is why it is still too early to assess the medium and long-term consequences of the pandemic on the development of the scene.