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2022 Report on the Protection of the Constitution

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The 2022 Report on the Protection of the Constitution was presented to the public on 20 June 2023 by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser and President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang.

The report provides information on the nature and extent of activities hostile to the constitution, as well as on organisations and groups that oppose the free democratic basic order. It also covers espionage activities against Germany and issues related to proliferation. Individual developments are analysed and assessed in terms of their ideological and strategic dimensions, particularly in the chapters “Trends in Development” and “Threat Potential.”

For improved readability, the 2022 report includes overviews with data and facts on individual organisations and groups directly following the thematic sections.

The report makes an important contribution to raising awareness of the scale of threats facing the state and society.

Contents include:

* The Protection of the Constitution – an indispensable instrument of a resilient democracy
* Politically motivated crime (PMK)
* Right-wing extremism / right-wing extremist terrorism
* “Reich citizens” and “self-administrators”
* Constitution-relevant delegitimisation of the state
* Left-wing extremism
* Islamism / Islamist terrorism
* Foreign-related extremism
* Espionage, cyberattacks, and other security-threatening or intelligence activities on behalf of a foreign power
* Protection of classified information and sabotage prevention
* “Scientology Organisation” (SO)

 

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Language:

English

Date: 

11.03.2026

Proposed by:

PPHS

Source:

Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, 2022