2016 Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Facts and Trends)

Zoom© Federal Ministry of the Interior Cover of the publication ‘2016 Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Facts and Trends)’

The 2016 Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution was presented to the public on 4 July 2017 by the Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr Thomas de Maizière, and the President of the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, Dr Hans-Georg Maaßen.

The Report on the Protection of the Constitution provides information on the nature and scope of anti-constitutional developments, on organisations and groupings pursuing activities that are directed against the free democratic basic order, on espionage against Germany, and on proliferation. The individual events have been analysed and evaluated under ideological and strategic aspects. Due to the re-orientation of the offices for the protection of the Constitution, this report focuses on violence-oriented activities. The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution significantly contributes to raising awareness about the level of the threat posed to state and society.

Editor: Federal Ministry of the Interior
Date of information: June 2017