German communists’ bank accounts terminated

GLS Bank’s decision fits a pattern of similar measures targeting left- and right-wing political groups in Germany in recent years

There is a “campaign of increasing repression” against dissenting voices in Germany, local communists claimed after a bank notified the party that its bank accounts would soon be closed.

Earlier this month, GLS Bank informed the German Communist Party (DKP) that all of its accounts would be discontinued effective December 31.