(Deutsche Welle) The parliamentary group of Germany’s ruling conservative bloc has called for an end to cooperation with groups suspected of supporting political Islamism, the newspaper Die Welt reported on Tuesday.
The bloc, made up of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), proposed cutting all subsidies, support and cooperation with Islamist groups being monitored by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency: the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
Christoph de Vries, the parliamentary group’s speaker on religious communities, confirmed the proposal on Twitter.
“The CDU/CSU will take up a clear position in combating political Islamism,” de Vries wrote.
“No tolerance for intolerance. That is the clear message of the paper. There can be no religious discount on our core values.”
