Corona deniers and vaccination opponents: how dangerous are they?

Berlin The security authorities are pessimistic about the new year. The increasing interlinking of corona deniers and vaccination opponents with right-wing extremists and Reich citizens, but also the persistent dangers of Islamist terror and militancy in parts of the left-wing extremist spectrum, are of concern.

The “Tagesspiegel” asked experts who are close to the topic and who do not want to be named for forecasts. The answers are troubling.

The hatred escalates. “The fuse is getting shorter and shorter, even with normal citizens,” says Thuringia’s head of the protection of the constitution, Stephan Kramer. If the pandemic gets worse in the coming year, “even more people will lose their nerves”. Right-wing extremists would drive their anger to extremes to challenge the rule of law even more.