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06/10/2025June 10, 2025
Germany to increase its use of AI to combat hybrid threats
Amid rising concerns over sabotage and espionage, German Interior Minister has called for increased use of artificial intelligence in national security.
“We must enhance our technical, legal and organizational capabilities in Germany,” he told the Funke Media Group.
“Artificial intelligence must be used more extensively than before in the intelligence services to defend against hybrid threats,” Dobrindt said.
According to the minister, involving sabotage and espionage are constantly increasing.
Dobrindt said the government strongly feels the impact of the growing number of attacks on infrastructure, including civilian facilities such as energy grids and rail networks, as well as military sites such as barracks.
The minister added that the government would allocate “substantial financial resources” to strengthen the defense mechanisms of Germany’s security agencies.
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06/10/2025June 10, 2025
German court to hear case on right-wing extremist magazine ban
The Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig is set to hear a case regarding the ban on the right-wing extremist magazine Compact.
In August, the Federal Administrative Court on the magazine, which was issued by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD).
The court expressed particular doubts about the ban’s proportionality. This allowed the magazine, which was based in Brandenburg at the time, to resume publication under certain conditions.
The Interior Ministry in mid-July, describing the publication as a “central mouthpiece of the right-wing extremist scene.”
In response, Compact filed a lawsuit and an urgent motion against the immediate enforcement of the ban.
The final decision is now pending in the main proceedings.
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06/10/2025June 10, 2025
Top police official says AfD membership incompatible with service
Germany’s Federal Police Commissioner Uli Grötsch has voiced disapproval regarding police officers’ membership in the far-right party. Grötsch called it “incompatible” with serving in law enforcement.
“AfD membership and working as a police officer are incompatible,” Grötsch told the Rheinische Post newspaper.
Grötsch also said that officers who demonstrate clear commitment to the AfD should be dismissed.
“For me, commitment means openly supporting the party, running for local or city council or even for the Bundestag,” he added.
In early May, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency classified the AfD as a .
Grötsch pointed to this decision, saying there was concrete evidence that the party threatened Germany’s free democratic order.
However, the agency while the AfD pursues legal action. The agency will continue to treat the party as a “suspected” extremist case pending a ruling from the Cologne administrative court.
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Guten Tag! DW is bringing you updates from across Germany, where The top police official has spoken out against law enforcement officers’ affiliation with the far-right .
Meanwhile, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig is set to hear a case regarding the ban on the right-wing extremist magazine Compact.
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