President Karl Carstens of West Germany has warned in a newspaper interview that West Germany’s image as a free and democratic state is suffering under politically motivated neo-Nazi violence. Increased neo-Nazi activities, Carstens pointed out, could trigger feelings of insecurity among the Jewish population in West Germany. The President also warned against leftwing extremism, which, according to him, is trying “to penetrate into state institutions” in order to take over gradually. Carstens said that both right and leftwing extremists should be barred from jobs in the public administration.
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