FILE PHOTO: Hans-Georg Maassen, Germany's head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz) addresses a news conference to introduce the agency's 2015 report on threats to the constitution in Berlin, Germany, June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
DW: German domestic intelligence head relieved of duties, but promoted
Ending an impasse in Angela Merkel's coalition, Hans-Georg Maassen is changing jobs. The move is a compromise between Social Democrats, who demanded Maassen's removal, and conservative Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
The latest quarrel within Chancellor Angela Merkel's government about refugee policy has ended with a somewhat surreal compromise. Hans-Georg Maassen, the under-fire head of the domestic intelligence agency — formally known as the "Office for the Protection of the Constitution" (BfV) — will be stripped of his current job but gain a theoretically better one as a deputy head of the interior ministry.
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WNU Editor: There is going to be blow-back against German Chancellor Merkel for this decision .... As internal revolt continues, Germany's Merkel has a new rival with powerful supporters: Her own spy chief (National Post/Washington Post)
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