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A former German spy chief who was sacked after being accused of averting his eyes to the threat posed by the far-right founded a new right-wing party on Saturday, holding an inaugural party congress on a boat near Germany's old capital Bonn. The party is the third to be founded this year in Germany, further fragmenting the political landscape and making electoral predictions tricky ahead of European parliamentary polls and votes in half the country's municipalities and three states. The Werteunion, or Values Union, is headed by Hans-Georg Maassen, who was dismissed as head of Germa...

Former German spy chief founds new right-wing party

Germany’s main domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, revealed last week that it is pursuing its former boss, Hans-Georg Maassen, as a “right-wing extremist suspect.” The agency has been forced to admit that it was led by a right-wing extremist for eight years.

Hans-Georg Maassen has said his party could work with the far right - breaking a taboo in German politics.

Hans-Georg Maassen has accused his government of an attack on democracy after being formally placed under observation