The Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht) is published by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior

Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)

The Federal Ministry of the Interior is a ministry of the German federal government. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister of the interior is Dr...

 since 1968. In the Annual Report details of the activities of far right, far left

Far left

Far left, also known as the revolutionary left, radical left and extreme left are terms which refer to the highest degree of leftist positions among left-wing politics...

, Islamic extremists

Islamic fundamentalism

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 foreign and domestic, in Germany, as well as espionage, are given. The Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetz § 16 is the legal basis for the publication of the report. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz contribute to the report. The Länder publish similar reports on an annual basis for their area of responsibility.

External links

• Verfassungsschutzbericht, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz