For a long time, the German gov’t refused to give Scientology tax-exempt status...saying they weren’t a religion. At some point, I want to say after 2010...some US pressure was pressed onto the Germans to give the status. While they might have gotten that status, I think they’ve found that Germans are the least likely candidates to buy into their deal. The minute you say that money is involved....that hypes up a German to ask what the heck they are getting.
I thought Germany was more aggressive because of the encrypted messaging Scientologists were using and their bullying tactics against their critics and those who’d left the cult.