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Against right -wing extremism: Minister relies on video cameras and digital prevention

Published on August 21, 2025

How to proceed against strengthening right -wing extremism?Interior Minister Wilke wants to support the Lausitz municipalities.photo Copy the current link to the mechanism list The small cities in Lusatia want to act against right -wing extremism.You get help from the country.The interior minister considers video cameras to be a possibility and relies on new prevention offers. Brandenburg's Interior Minister René Wilke (non-party) wants to be more against right-wing extremism with Lausitz municipalities.In his view, video surveillance can make sense.He also announced new strategies against manipulation of right -wing extremists on social media at a meeting with town hall chiefs from Lusatia. South Brandenburg is the focus of right -wing extremism in Brandenburg.Since a fire letter from the mayor in Spremberg, Christine Hernier (independent), the debate has flared up.In July, Hernier had publicly complained that the right -wing extremist activities had increased in the city. Minister also considers video cameras possible for deterrent In the afternoon, Interior Minister Wilke met with representatives of several Lausitz municipalities in Spremberg to advise on possible strategies against right-wing extremism and offer support.He said video surveillance was a way to set signs and a possibility of deterrent.He had already signaled that he wanted to touch the regulatory law in order to give municipalities more "legroom". Spremberg's mayor has long been demanding the opportunity for video cameras in Lausitz-Stadt.It complained about a flood of smearings, anti -constitutional symbols, forbidden slogans and property damage to public buildings. Interior Minister wants to counteract digitally Interior Minister Wilke considers it necessary to change right -wing extremists and manipulation options on social media more decisively than before.You have to put the naivety and find that "certain forces are highly professional and with a lot of commitment and that we have not opposed it enough to date". Offers, for example, the state prevention council should concentrate more on the digital world.There is also an interministerial working group that looks at the effectiveness of different prevention offers in the country.As a further procedure against right -wing extremism, the educational work is intended to be reinforced, for example in schools.The counseling center has long warned that a new right -wing youth culture in Brandenburg has solidified. "Must not be flooded by right -wing extremists" Mayor Hernier said it was important that the greatest part of the Lausitzer, "who do not attach any right -wing extremists" together with the mayors, "that we are not flooded here by an extreme right wave".She learns a lot of support, but is still criticized as a nest thriller, Hernier told RBB broadcaster Radio Eins in the morning."It's exhausting." Spremberg in the Spree-Neiße district is far from being alone with problems of right-wing extremism.It is known that the neo -Nazi small party The third way is active in several cities in Germany - including their own information, for example in Senftenberg - to win fenders. Wilke: Don't make it common with radicals "These are radicals, these are extremists, these are people with whom you shouldn't do in common and you shouldn't leave any doubt about it," said Interior Minister Wilke about the third way.It was only at the weekend that citizens in Spremberg protested against supporters of this group who gathered in the city. The mayor of Großräschen, Thomas Zenker (SPD), said it was wrong when sometimes the impression is given that Lusatia is "such a kind of brown sauce" and is only dominated by the right."It's not like that."That is why it is important to counteract now. Some time ago there were violent incidents at youth clubs in Senftenberg and Spremberg.An alternative residential project in Cottbus was attacked in May.At a police campaign against a suspected right -wing terrorist cell in several federal states in May, two young people from Südbrandenburg were also targeted by the federal prosecutor. dpa