Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Hans-Georg Maassen addresses supporters in his constituency Meiningen, Germany on August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Escritt
MEININGEN, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's ruling conservatives will have a hidden weapon in their campaign to remain in office when Angela Merkel calls time on 16 years as chancellor next month - a right-winger who many of them are however reluctant to call their own.
Hans-Georg Maassen was head of domestic intelligence - effectively Germany's top neo-Nazi hunter - until he was forced to resign in 2018 after being accused of ignoring video evidence of far-right gangs chasing immigrants during riots in the east.
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