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No Place for Right-Wing Extremists in Ranks, German Army Says

Ezel Sahinkaya

   As reports about the threat of far-right recruitment among Europe's law
   enforcement and military grow, German armed forces, or Bundeswehr, told
   VOA that they are working to keep far-right extremists away from their
   units or to remove them once they have been identified.
   A spokespersonforthe Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) told
   VOA the military was expanding its cooperation with German security
   authorities and international partners to analyze links and connections
   of suspected right-wing extremiststo tryto expose them.
   "There is no place whatsoever for extremists in any form, but
   especially right-wing extremists, in the Bundeswehr with its over
   250,000 members," the MAD spokesman, who did not wish to be named,
   said.
   He said the military has takenseveralapproaches to prevent infiltration
   by far-right extremists, including carrying out 16,000 security checks
   annually for all its applicants.
   "We also take other preventive measures, aiming to encourage an
   improved reporting culture within the units through advisories, talks
   and our own publications," the spokesperson added.

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