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Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier admitted in an interview with the satirist Jan Böhmermann that his country had failed to deal with the right-wing scene.
“We have a problem with right-wing extremism,” said the SPD politician when asked by Böhmermann whether Thuringia was a “Nazi nest” in an interview posted online on Friday evening for “ZDF Magazin Royale”.
The problem has grown over decades.
“You looked away too long.
One thought that if unemployment goes down, then it will disappear. That was a fallacy, ”said Maier.
Now there are established right-wing extremist structures in Thuringia.
“The right-wing extremists have real estate here, they operate mail order business, they organize right-wing rock concerts and martial arts events.
One right-wing extremist sells "Hitler-Schnitzel" in his restaurant and so on. "
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Maier also commented on the AfD: “Of course we have a party here that is led here in Thuringia by a demagogue, Björn Höcke.
For me, that is the spiritus rector of the new right movement. "
Domestic politics must focus more on prevention.
“We have to look where things like this arise, where violence occurs, where crime occurs, where extremism occurs.” In order to fulfill this task, the police must also change, become more diverse and colorful.
"We have to make sure that no pre-selection takes place when selecting staff," said Maier, referring to the skin color of candidates.