(Germany) Calls mount for next head to roll in Netzpolitik affair

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http://www.dw.com/en/calls-mount-for-next-head-to-roll-in-netzpolitik-affair/a-18631409

Pressure is growing for the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency to resign over the Netzpolitik affair. Critics are calling for Hans-Georg Maassen to be the next to go after prosecutor Harald Range's sacking.

Calls mount for next head to roll in Netzpolitik affair
06.08.2015

Pressure is growing for the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency to resign over the Netzpolitik affair. Critics are calling for Hans-Georg Maassen to be the next to go after prosecutor Harald Range's sacking.
Calls are growing for Hans-Georg Maassen to resign.

Christian Lindner, head of the opposition Free Democratic Party (FDP), has joined the growing number of voices calling for Maassen to step down, saying that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) needs a new start following the controversy over the treason investigation into two journalists.

The call for a treason inquiry was brought under Maassen's direction, said Lindner.

"He expedited this charge through a report from his department," Lindner told the dpa news agency. "Maassen obviously did so because he didn't have his department under control and because he wanted to intimidate journalists - or at least accepted the intimidation of journalists."

Lindner also demanded a reappraisal of the political roles of Justice Minister Heiko Maas and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere.