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The Bundeswehr refuses to publish current figures on right-wing extremism in its own ranks.
A corresponding request from FDP members of the Bundestag Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann and Benjamin Strasser had been rejected, reports the editorial network Germany.
Most recently, in January, the military counterintelligence reported 477 suspected cases in the past year.
“Right-wing extremism in the Bundeswehr is a problem and needs to be named. But that also requires transparency ”, demanded the defense policy spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group, Strack-Zimmermann. It should not be the case that soldiers with anti-constitutional sentiments get away scot-free and that in the end it is those who are the bogeys who uncover grievances. "The fact that the Ministry of Defense continues to prevent this transparency despite all current incidents and withholds corresponding figures from elected parliamentarians is unacceptable."
The FDP chairman in the interior committee, Strasser, added: "It seems as if the federal government simply no longer wants to disclose figures on right-wing extremist suspected cases in the Bundeswehr." This undermines the commitment of Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) against right-wing extremism in the Troop.
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"Analyzing which areas are particularly affected by right-wing extremist incidents is not a general suspicion," emphasized Strasser.
"We need reliable figures in order to be able to assess how the problem with right-wing extremist activities and, above all, the reporting behavior in the Bundeswehr is developing."