May 08, 2025
The German scheme to spy on conservative policical enemies has collapsed after it became known in America and thanks to pressure from the Trump Administration.
The Gestapo/Stasi scheme to use German intelligence to spy on conservatives has led to a backlash against the government, and the new Mertz government is calling off the dogs, promising "heads will roll".
The primary opposition is the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party, which wants to restore sanity to immigration policy and market economics and end the German version of the Green New Deal.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced the scheme upon her removal from office after the election. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the radical leftists who formed part of the coalition govrnment. (The SPD was in power until 1920 and has seen significant decline as the German public has grown increasingly angry at all the Middle Eastern immigrants.)
Mertz is unlikely to pursue criminal charges against Freser or any other high level person involved, but he should.
From the Gateway Punidt article:
These police state tactics are more suited for Russia or Communist China, not Western Europe’s largest country.…
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) May 7, 2025
"I understand that liberal elites on both sides of the Atlantic loathe the AfD, but AfD’s platform has resonated with many Germans. Unsurprisingly so, since an agenda of strong borders, energy independence, and economic growth has appealed to our own electorate and may other Western democracies. Rather than trying to undermine the AfD using the tools of authoritarian states, Germany’s incoming government might be better advised to consider why the AfD continues to gain electoral ground and how German’s government can address the reasonable concerns of its citizens,” Cotton wrote.
Due to stringent privacy laws, German intel agencies have their hands tied and largely depend on the NSA for SigInt to prevent terror attacks in their own country.
Now, facing a lawsuit by the AfD, the German "Office for the Protection of the Constitution” (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz – BfV) today announced it will rescind the decision pending legal resolution.
Fortunately the Trump administration told Germany they would stop sharing intel with them if they pulled this little putsch. The Germans may have been sauer, but the Krauts capitulated.
This illustrates that the statist tendencies of Germany are alive and well. And Germany is perhaps the dominant power in the European Union. Is it any wonder the E.U. has become a cesspool of authoritarian thinking?
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