Far-right violence a ‘significant’ threat to German democracy, minister warns

Report finds alarming' rise in extremism, with Islamist groups and cyber-attacks also posing dangers

A surge in far-right violence, Islamist extremism and cyber-attacks from Russia and China are putting German democracy under significant" threat, the interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said as she presented a government report on domestic and foreign adversaries.

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza are having strong ripple effects on German security, driving radicalism and attacks, the study by the office for the protection of the constitution (BfV) found.