Interior Minister: International crises increase extremism

Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster presents the latest report on the protection of the constitution. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

The latest report on the protection of the constitution shows: International conflicts are fueling extremism in Saxony - not only on the right, but also on the left.

Right-wing extremists remain the biggest challenge for the security authorities in Saxony. This is according to the report on the protection of the constitution for 2025, which Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) and the President of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Dirk-Martin Christian, presented in Dresden. "The diverse international conflicts are also strengthening extremism in Saxony in all phenomenon areas," said the Minister of the Interior.

According to the report, around 6,550 people could potentially be assigned to the right-wing extremist scene in the Free State in 2025. In the previous year, the "person potential", as the report puts it, was still around 6,000. The report states that right-wing extremist ideas have now moved far into the center of society.

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Scene is rejuvenating

"If right-wing extremist symbols remain unchallenged in the classroom or on the school playground, this is an expression of a progressive normalization of anti-constitutional positions and at the same time an indication of the continuing rejuvenation of members of the scene," emphasized Schuster.

According to the report, however, the number of crimes with a right-wing extremist background has fallen compared to the previous year - from more than 3,900 to 3,263. According to the report, the majority of these were propaganda and offenses against the people.

According to the report, however, the left-wing extremist scene has also grown: 975 people were attributed to it in 2025, compared to around 900 in the previous year. At the same time, the number of left-wing extremist crimes also rose by a good 30 incidents to 1,131.