Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser plans to set up an "early detection unit" for foreign manipulation and influence campaigns as part of government efforts to fight right-wing extremism. The plan is part of a package of 13 measures which Faeser presented in Berlin on Tuesday together with the head of the domestic intelligence services, Thomas Haldenwang, and the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Holger Münch. Most of the projects in the package had already been announced previous
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is warning against complacency in the wake of a media report detailing a meeting between members of the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and a far-right group advocating for immigrant repatriation. The populist party has traditionally been on the fringes of German politics, but recent polls have shown a surge of support for the AfD, especially in the former communist eastern regions of Germany where observers say it could even win state electi