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Left chairwoman Janine Wissler criticizes the protection of the Constitution for observing the left-wing group "Marx21", of which she was a member until a few months ago.
The authority's claim that the socialist group is planning to infiltrate the institutions is "absurd," said Wissler in an interview with "Spiegel".
All they have done is “read literature, organized congresses, discussed theories and attended demonstrations”.
"Much of what the protection of the Constitution claims is not true," said the top candidate of the left.
She was even allowed to look into the abysses of this authority for five years in the NSU investigative committee in the Hessian state parliament.
You could also "find nothing conspiratorial about my election as party leader," said Wissler.
Regarding the increase in left-wing extremist acts of violence observed by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the left-wing politician said: “We reject all forms of violence.
In recent years, however, I have not heard anything about left-wing extremists withholding explosives from the Bundeswehr, murdering people or operating weapons depots. "
The danger of right-wing terrorism remains high
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The murder of Walter Lübcke and the attacks in Halle and Hanau had shown how great the danger of right-wing terrorism is.
"Anti-fascist alliances have done more to educate people about right-wing structures than the Office for the Protection of the Constitution with their thousands of employees," said Wissler, according to Spiegel.
Wissler also called squatting "a legitimate means" of drawing attention to the housing shortage.
It is not the “most suitable instrument for the masses,” said the party chairman, “but I find it problematic that those who occupy long vacant properties and houses or use them for a useful purpose are criminalized, while those who artificially reduce living space and for speculative reasons are criminalized Leave empty for purposes that can be done undisturbed. "
Once again, Wissler reiterated the left's demand to nationalize large real estate groups. She also proposed an “integrated mobility group”, “in which the railways and a state airline are linked and networked”.