Overview
- Thuringia Interior Minister Georg Maier cited 47 AfD submissions over the past 12 months focusing on transport, digital networks, energy and water systems, with growing detail.
- Officials say the requests showed particular interest in police technologies such as drone detection and countermeasures, as well as army and civil-protection capabilities.
- Marc Henrichmann, who chairs the Bundestag intelligence oversight commission, called on German agencies to investigate what he described as internal and external threats.
- Commission vice president Konstantin von Notz alleged AfD cooperation with Russia, China and North Korea to harm Germany, describing a broader authoritarian strategy.
- AfD leaders rejected the claims as absurd and politically motivated, arguing the information sought is not secret and that the questions serve the public interest; intelligence services declined to comment and the Chancellery said it had taken note.