Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser attributes the increased number of espionage cases unveiled to the fact that “the threat level is high and our security authorities have stepped up protection.” The German domestic intelligence service, formally known as the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has “massively strengthened” its counter-espionage measures, both in terms of personnel and technology, Faeser told the Dusseldorf-based Rheinische Post newspaper in remarks published on Friday. When asked about far-right AfD candidates for the European Parliament elections Maxi…