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Berlin (dpa) - The security authorities are currently classifying around 950 so-called “Reich citizens and self-administrators” as right-wing extremists.

Their share has recently remained constant at just under five percent, according to a response from the federal government to a small request from the Green parliamentary group.

Their domestic politician Irene Mihalic thinks this is a misjudgment.

She told the German Press Agency: "It is urgently time to rethink the classification of the citizens of the Reich and to recognize the extreme right-wing danger posed by the group."

In the case of "Reich citizens and self-administrators", anti-Semitic attitudes and statements up to and including denial of the Holocaust can be found again and again, the federal government announced.

"As a rule, however, anti-Semitism does not form a supporting ideological element and is not a focus of agitation in the scene."

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"Reich citizens and self-administrators" question the legitimacy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

They often refuse to pay taxes.

The security authorities recently added around 19,000 people to the scene.

Their rejection of the state does not prevent some "Reich citizens and self-administrators" from working for it.

In response to a question from Mihalic, the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced in February that the constitutional protection authorities were currently examining evidence of suspected cases of "Reich citizens and self-administrators" relating to the public service "in the upper double-digit range".

Most of these cases therefore concern authorities within the jurisdiction of the federal states.

According to the information, nine disciplinary proceedings with an assignment to this scene were pending with the Federal Police last year.

Proceedings were also carried out against an employee each of the Telekom and the main customs office in Cologne.

The proceedings in Cologne have not yet been concluded.

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As can be seen from the answer to the small question about which the "Tagesspiegel" had first reported, a total of eight right-wing extremists and ten relevant people are assigned to the Reich Citizenship ideology.

The police refer to people as "threats" if they believe they can commit serious, politically motivated acts of violence, including terrorist attacks.

Anyone who is a manager or provides logistical help within the scene is considered to be “relevant”.

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