Description: German police forces conducted multiple arrests in an operation to subvert the far – right secessionist group called Kingdom of Germany. The leader, Peter Fitzek, alongside four of his followers were arrested over separatist and monarchist claims which posed a significant national security threat. Kingdom of Germany was founded in 2012, the group doesn’t recognize the German state in its current borders, has its own currency and continuously leads a campaign for founding a parallel government which would put the German state back within its legitimate World War II borders. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated that these separatist groups weren’t minor risks towards Germany but a considerable threat to the German democracy and order. The group emerged as a threat initially in 2023 where up to 20 of its members were arrested for plotting a coup against former Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government. The group also has ties with the US QAnon separatist movement as an evident convergence of ideologies was identified by the German security forces.
Impact: Germany’s far – right problems transpire into a wide dimension of national security threat as public approval and popularity of right or far – right ideologies marked a significant rise which was crowned with AfD’s post – election polling. Germany’s security forces face mounting challenges in countering the expansion of far – right separatist groups as an evident international connectivity was established which further fuels security instability and incites low burning political crisis. Germany’s new government faces stiff opposition as the internal security service pushes for a decision to label the far – right Alternative for Germany AfD as an extremist entity. The global trend of rising far – right groups is largely present in European countries as history – long internal disputes, political divisions and animosities are deeply entrenched in the social and economic systems of most European countries. Germany’s new government would come under severe scrutiny as resolving the extremist problem requires a delicate approach in order not to stimulate negative political upheaval and internal instability.