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German mayor suspended over ties to the extremist movement

Intelligence officials have said 16,500 Germans adhere to the Reich Citizens' Movement, a loose grouping that refuses to acknowledge the authority of Germany's post-war federal republic.​

Published: 19th June 2018 08:04 PM  |   Last Updated: 19th June 2018 08:04 PM   |  A+A A-

By AFP

BERLIN: German authorities have suspended a Bavarian village mayor over her alleged support of an anti-government extremist group.

Bavaria's state disciplinary authority suspended Bolsterlang mayor Monika Zeller today and filed a suit at a Munich court seeking her dismissal as a civil servant.

Intelligence officials have said 16,500 Germans adhere to the Reich Citizens' Movement, a loose grouping that refuses to acknowledge the authority of Germany's post-war federal republic.

Some 900 self-styled Reich Citizens are considered right-wing extremists. The disciplinary authority said the mayor had helped arrange for a speaker from the movement to use a municipal venue for a lecture.

It said that, in official correspondence, she had cited a 1913 citizenship law and said she was a citizen of the Kingdom of Bavaria as well as Germany.

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