CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann write: "The plan takes some bold steps into new legislative territory. Crucially — and in a first for German and European policies of this sort — it is set to include the fight against the financial structure of right-wing extremist networks. The key issue to understand about right-wing terrorist and violence-oriented extremist financing — and it's a reason lawmakers should take some encouragement — is that most of it currently occurs in plain sight, at large music and sports events that in turn have helped foster a growing merchandise industry."