Germany Moves to Block Far-Right AfD From Accessing Classified War Plans
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Germany's Defense Ministry is considering restricting access to a top-secret wartime crisis management plan for the office of the state premier in Saxony-Anhalt if a far-right party takes power in the eastern German region, Bloomberg news agency reports.
"Fearing AfD's ties to Russia, defense minister considering withdrawing top-secret document so it doesn't fall into hands of potential AfD-led government, media reports
The German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Friedrich Merz, participates in a collective interview in Berlin, one day after the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, on Monday (7). REUTERS/Axel Schmidt The German government wants to block the far-right AfD party, which won historic victory in the elections in Saxony, from accessing a secret NATO war plan, revealed on Thursday (10) the US news agency Bloomberg.
Germany Moves to Block Far-Right AfD From Accessing Classified War Plans
Germany’s Defense Ministry is exploring measures to block the state premier’s office in Saxony-Anhalt from accessing highly sensitive wartime crisis-response plans, Bloomberg reported on September 10.
The German Ministry of Defense is considering the possibility of preventing the future government of Saxony-Anhalt from accessing a highly sensitive war plan if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party takes power in that East German federal state, the US agency Bloomberg reported today.
Following the election victory of the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Saxony-Anhalt, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius intends to seize the "Operational Plan for Germany" (OPLAN) from the state authorities, RND reports, News.bg reports. "Pistorius is considering taking back the top-secret Operational Plan for Germany from the Saxony-Anhalt State Chancellery," the statement said. In this way, the defense chief aims to prev…
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