“Reflection of society”: more suspected cases of right -wing extremism in the Bundeswehr

The number of new cases in the Bundeswehr, in which a suspicion of extremism is examined, was stable last year. In 2024, 302 cases were added – five fewer than in the previous year, as can be seen from the annual report of the Ministry of Defense. Overall, the military shielding service (MAD), which was entrusted with the defense against espionage and extremism in the armed forces, worked on 1,159 cases at the end of last year.

According to the information, a large part of the new cases with 216 did not exist on the area of ​​right -wing extremism. In 2023, 178 cases were added in this area. With three quarters (875), the proportion of the total number of suspected cases is also high.

In the area of ​​left-wing extremism, there were 11 new cases last year, in the area of ​​Islamism it was 33. With suspected foreign extremism, the MAD 31 counted new cases, a new case came from the phenomenon of the Scientology organization. With a view to so -called imperial citizens and self -managers, five cases were added.

18 people were newly classified as extremists in 2024, four more than in the previous year.

According to the report, the reasons for increased figures are “multi -layered and depend on political factors as well as wars and global crises”. “The increasing political division within society can increase extremist views,” it says. “As a reflection of society, the Bundeswehr is also faced with a growing danger of extremist behaviors.”

Among other things, the MAD has processed cases in connection with the Middle East conflict, the war in Ukraine and the so-called Sylt video, in which several guests of a bar on Sylt roared for the party hit “L’Arour Toujours” racist slogans. At the same time, there is, among other things, a “more sensitive reporting behavior of the troop”.

Notification of the reports of the Extremism Year report 2024