Germany spies on leftist politicians - Gayo Lues
The weekly Der Spiegal magazine revealed that the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), has been monitoring 27 of the 76 Left Party members, as well as 11 other politicians in regional parliaments.
Among those being watched are floor leader Gregor Gysi, party leader Gesine Lotzsch and the vice president of the Bundestag, Petra Pau, at a cost of 390,000 euros a year.
“The Constitutional Protection Office hasn’t picked up on the fact the world has changed. They haven’t learned that there were eight murders by right-wing terrorists. They haven’t figured out that the Cold War is over,” Die Linke parliamentary party leader, Gregor Gysi said.
However, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, whose ministry is responsible for the agency, said that it is a legal duty to observe organizations and parties that could possibly be threat to the German constitution.
“There are significant indications that the Left Party has such anti-constitutional tendencies,” Freidrich said.
According to the report seven agents are working full time observing the Left Party politicians for evidence of anti-democratic activities. There are also 10 agents observing the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
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source: Presstv.ir – Europe News
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