The scandals surrounding right-wing extremist statements in the Bundeswehr also affected the elite troops, the Special Forces Command.
The defense minister is now justifying why she is not dissolving the KSK.
Berlin (dpa) - Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer does not rule out the possibility that there could be soldiers with right-wing extremist sentiments in the Bundeswehr's Special Forces Command in the future.
In response to a corresponding question, the CDU politician told “Welt am Sonntag”: “In an organization like the Bundeswehr with over 200,000 people, you can never rule out anything to the last. Thus, not even with special forces. ”However, a lot has been done to“ minimize the risk of dangerous attitudes through improved selection and constant psychological screening ”. But you can never screen people 100 percent.
Kramp-Karrenbauer decided this week that the KSK will remain in place after scandals and right-wing incidents.
This was preceded by extensive reform requirements.
In the “Welt am Sonntag” the minister emphasized that the association was “regaining basic trust”.
This was also expressed by the fact that the KSK's break in operation had ended and it had been sent to Afghanistan to secure the Bundeswehr withdrawal.
"Incidentally, all soldiers have to justify the trust placed in them again and again."
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