25 people were arrested in nationwide searches on Wednesday.
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Berlin According to media reports, after the raid on so-called Reich citizens because of plans to overthrow, members of the Bundestag are calling for a review of the role of the AfD and the security of the Bundestag. “Even in this network there is apparently a connection to the AfD parliamentary group,” said Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt (Greens) to the newspapers of the Funke media group, according to the preliminary report. It will be checked for the Bundestag which security precautions need to be adjusted.
“Following the arrest of a former AfD member of the Bundestag who wanted to storm the Bundestag, her existing contacts in Parliament urgently need to be checked,” said SPD interior expert Sebastian Hartmann, according to the newspaper report. “I assume that she was hoping for help from within in her plans for a coup.”
According to a preliminary report by the media of the editorial network Germany, the Green politician Konstantin von Notz is also calling for more protection for the Bundestag. “The security concept of the Bundestag is not designed to allow constitutional enemies to be elected to Parliament with access privileges. That is a weak point of a well-fortified democracy,” said von Notz, who is also chairman of the parliamentary control committee. “The protection for the Bundestag must be increased without sabotaging the everyday life of the democratic MPs.
According to the preliminary report by the editorial network Germany, SPD member of the Bundestag Ralf Stegner said that anyone who is involved in an extremist party should not have free access to the Bundestag as a former member of parliament. The Bundestag must protect itself against enemies of democracy with its domiciliary rights. “We can’t be squeamish about that,” said Stegner, according to the preliminary report. The rights of MPs and former MPs of democratic parties should not be restricted. On the other hand, he does see a need for more controls when it comes to visitors from members of parliament.
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During nationwide searches, 25 people were arrested on Wednesday as members or supporters of a suspected terrorist organization. They are said to have planned a political overthrow and an armed attack on the Bundestag.
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