THE German government has announced a new set of measures to fight the surge of the far right.

This follows weeks of massive protests across Germany after the country was shocked by revelations that senior members of the far right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) and neonazi influencers held a secret meeting and allegedly discussed plans for mass deportations.

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the protests had been "an encouragement and a mandate" to act politically.

"We want to use all instruments of rule of law to protect our democracy.

"We want to break up right-wing extremist networks, cut their funding and take away their weapons," she said.

Ms Faeser said the 13-point plan would combat right-wing extremism, which she described as the biggest threat facing German society.



The proposals put forward by the ruling federal coalition, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, include new laws that make it easier to freeze bank accounts, cut funding models for extremists and target their donors. 

The government also plans to ban right-wing extremist events more easily and far-right activists will be stopped from entering or leaving Germany whenever possible.

Intelligence services estimate there are around 38,000 right-wing extremists in Germany, and that around 14,000 are potentially violent.