[This Post was originally posted in r/TankieTheDeprogram]

Apologies if this is the wrong tag, also I used the google auto-translate function for this article.

I really had to share this with you all.

So as of this week the CDU announced that they want to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism in Germany….

The article states (again it was translated with google translate)

After the attack in berlin, Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism.

Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt has announced a strengthened fight against left-wing extremism.

“The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution should focus more closely on this phenomenon, the CSU politician said in Berlin. The agency will be reinforced with additional staff for this purpose. Dobrindt emphasized that this would not lead to a reduction in resources in other areas such as right-wing extremism and Islamism.

At the beginning of the year, an apparently left-wing extremist arson attack on a cable bridge in western Berlin led to a power outage lasting several days in the southwest of the capital. Following the attack, so-called “volcano groups” claimed responsibility. The Federal Criminal Police Office and the Federal Prosecutor General today offered a reward of up to one million euros for information leading to the identification of the perpetrators.”

Anyways I find this concerning since there are hardly any leftists in Germany, so anyone could be accused of being an extremist.

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Article source: (I am sure u can also find other sources covering this topic):

Deutchlandfunk: Dobrindt wants to intensify the fight against left-wing extremism. January 27, 2026.