2024-03-30 18:33:55
Former Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Maaßen has filed a lawsuit once morest his former employer. He accuses the Federal Office and Interior Minister Faeser of illegally observing him and collecting data regarding him.
Former head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maaßen, says he is taking legal action once morest his former agency. Maaßen wrote in the online service X that he had filed a lawsuit with the Cologne Administrative Court once morest the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The Nius portal had previously reported on it. The Cologne Administrative Court has not yet been reached to confirm receipt of the lawsuit.
“Opponents of the government are not enemies of the constitution. In doing so, they are seriously violating their official duties and thus damaging liberal democracy,” said Maaßen. That’s why he filed a lawsuit. The SPD politician is “unbearable” as Interior Minister and must be “immediately removed.”
Maaßen: There is no legal basis for observation
The document accuses the authority of illegal and unconstitutional actions. “Apparently, the BfV initially bases its assessment on the fact that a right-wing extremist mentioned the plaintiff/applicant in a letter; another person is said to have shared videos of the plaintiff/applicant on Facebook (…),” the complaint states. The argument goes that such third-party actions are irrelevant under constitutional protection law. There is no legal basis for observing or classifying Maaßen as an individual.
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Maaßen is federal chairman of the WertUnion party, which was founded in mid-February and plans to run in the East German state elections in the fall.
Maaßen was President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution from 2012 to 2018 and a former CDU member. Last year, the CDU initiated party expulsion proceedings once morest him. The action was also justified by the fact that Maaßen repeatedly used “language from the milieu of anti-Semites and conspiracy ideologists, including folkish expressions”. In January, Maaßen resigned from the CDU with a view to founding his own party.
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