German justice minister Brigitte Zypries has called for a Europe-wide initiative to tackle right-wing extremism to be put in place and plans to push ahead with the idea using her country's current presidency of the EU.
The minister told German daily Bild that officials are worried about the rising levels of extremism being carried out across Europe, with the perpetrators taking advantage of the different rules in member states.
"That is why during the EU presidency we are immediat...
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