Spying scandal erupts in Germany

A political scandal is brewing in Germany over revelations that a state agency has been spying on members of the Die Linke leftist party which has roots in East german communism It’s emerged that almost a third of its seventy-six MP’s are being monitored legally for evidence of anti-democracy activities Die Linke is crying foul but the ruling CDU is less critical The problem with Die Linke is they don’t clearly distance themselves from groups who are ready to resort to violence and who are against the Constitution The extent of the spying by the constitutional Protection Office was revealed by the Spiegel magazine The bodies’ role is to uphold democratic intuitions such as an independent Judiciary and free elections but Die Linke has said it’s gone too far The constitutional Protection Office hasn’t picked up on the fact that the world has changed they haven’t learned that there were eight murders by right wing terrorist they haven’t figured out that the cold War is over The affair has sparked a fierce political debate on the constitutional Protection Office’s role and its gravity and relevance in present day germany a debate that is set to intensify