Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker in the basement of Heinrich XIII's ancestral hunting lodge in the scenic spa town of Bad Lobenstein in eastern Thuringia state "'That means 16 of us would have to die before it is his turn,' he said." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox Germany will "soon tighten gun laws further," she added A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine Today's print edition Home Delivery German authorities on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state with some members suspected of plotting an armed attack on the parliament One active soldier and several reservists are among those being investigated a spokesperson for the military intelligence service said The active soldier is a member of the Special Forces Command it said.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); A former parliamentary lawmaker from the far-right Alternative For Germany (AfD) who serves as a judge in Berlin was also among those detained along with a former member of a German royal family Investigators suspect individual members of the group had concrete plans to storm the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin with a small armed group In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division The defence ministry is drafting legislation that will mean members of the military can be thrown out if they reject Germany’s constitution and the “free democratic basic order,” according to a statement published on Tuesday. “Dismissal is to be possible by administrative act without the need for time-consuming judicial disciplinary proceedings,” the ministry said, adding that it wants to push the new rules through parliament as quickly as possible. More than 3,000 law-enforcement officers conducted raids across Germany last Wednesday in what the government said was the biggest-ever operation targeting right-wing extremists. Twenty-five people were taken into custody, including a aristocrat ringleader, a former lawmaker with the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany and at least one person linked to an elite military unit. The federal prosecutor described a concerted effort to recruit military personnel and police. Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said the arrests “show how important it is to be vigilant and to take consistent action against extremists and enemies of the constitution using all the means of the rule of law.” “All members of the military must stand firmly with both feet on the ground of our free democratic basic order,” she added. “There must be absolutely no doubt about this.” A survey published on Tuesday showed that almost two thirds of those polled view right-wing extremist groups as a threat to German democracy. The Forsa survey of 1,008 people for broadcaster RTL was conducted December 9-12 and has a margin of error of plus/minus three percentage points. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is due on Wednesday to present legislation that will sharpen Germany’s gun laws and make it easier to fire extremists from the civil service. 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