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Germany sees new debate over possible ban of the AfD

On May 2, 2025, Germany’s domestic intelligence service officially designated the right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland as a confirmed extremist organization.
This classification followed confidential reports from 2021 to 2025 highlighting the AfD's ethnic and descent-based ideology opposing democratic order and promoting exclusion of population groups.
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has the authority to monitor the AfD through measures such as wiretapping, undercover operations, and the use of provocateurs, while representatives from various political parties are advocating to initiate legal proceedings to ban the party.
Polling shows 61% see AfD as extreme right-wing, 48% favor banning it, yet concerns exist banning could disenfranchise a quarter of voters and provoke backlash as leader Alice Weidel vows to resist.
The Federal Constitutional Court will decide on a ban amid debate over its legality and political risks, with critics warning of threats to democracy from both the AfD and state actions against it.

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According to AfD classification: "For us Greens it's clear: A Party Prohibition Procedure Must Come"

The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz classified the AfD as a secure right-wing extremist. The call for a party ban is louder. The Hamburg citizenry is also supposed to deal with it. The AfD complains of an alleged "will to destroy".

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Petition against AfD ban: 50,000 supporters in 24 hours!

After being classified as "right extreme", the demands for an AfD banning procedure are increasing in left-wing green circles. The medium "Young Freedom" holds against it and has launched a petition as an appeal to "reason and democratic sense of responsibility". And this with great success: within the first 24 hours it registered 50,000 signatures. The number of supporters is increasing steadily. In left-wing Germany, democracy is shaking: for …

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Crackdown on AfD an Assault on German Democracy

Germany's intelligence service has branded the party 'right-wing extremist', paving the way for a full ban.

20 hours ago·Chicago, United States

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The crackdown on the AfD is an assault on democracy

Germany’s intelligence service has branded the party ‘right-wing extremist', paving the way for a full ban.

1 day ago·London, United Kingdom

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German Democracy Is in Peril

Foreign Affairs German Democracy Is in Peril The mainstream parties aim to ban AfD for the “crime” of believing that Germans exist and deserve a homeland. It is frightening to see how swiftly my home country is transforming into a semi-totalitarian state. There are now serious efforts to ban Alternative for Germany (AfD), the leading opposition movement on the right and the country’s most popular party according to many polls. Would you label “…

1 day ago·Washington, United States

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