Funding - "You Can't Fight Right-Wing Extremism via Left-Wing Activists" - Prien Announces Review of Funding Program "Living Democracy!"

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Federal Education Minister Prien wants to work more closely with security authorities to review suspicious organizations that receive funds from the "Democracy Living" programme. It cannot be the solution to fight right-wing extremism through the promotion of left-wing activists, said the CDU politician of the newspaper Die Welt.

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Federal Minister for Family Affairs Karin Prien (CDU) is fundamentally overhauling the "Living Democracy" funding program. Following criticism of the funded projects and individual NGOs, recipients of state funding are to be subject to significantly stricter controls regarding their adherence to the constitution. "Trying to combat right-wing extremism by supporting left-wing activists cannot be the solution. Only organizations that are unequivoc…