After two top journalists at the <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> admitted they were former East German secret police (Stasi) informants earlier this week, the daily newspaper announced on Wednesday that the overwhelming majority of editorial staff voted to access their official records at the government's archive.
A Left Party politician has been accused of calling for the return of the Stasi as protection against “reactionary forces.” Christel Wegner, Left Party representative in the state parliament of the western German state of Lower Saxony, appeared to suggest this return to East German policy in an interview with German broadcaster ARD.
