Germany says far-right ideology behind record 40% rise in politically motivated crimes

Yeah they blew their credibility in my book when they started using "antisemitism" laws to attack antifascists and activists. Seems more like Germany uses those laws to cover up their Nazi past and defend Israel ("the jews") than to actually stop antisemitism. If they actually cared about stopping antisemitism they wouldn't prop up Zionism and pro-Zionist ideology.

No, it's not meaningless, since what they call "antisemitic" crimes are tracked explicitly. No matter what your position on that is, it still points to a worrying increase in far-right violence.