US EditionGermany's Intelligence Agency Classifies AfD as an 'Extremist' Organization
- On May 2, 2025, Germany's domestic intelligence agency officially labeled the Alternative for Germany party as a right-wing extremist group shortly before Friedrich Merz is set to be confirmed as chancellor.
- This classification follows previous surveillance of AfD factions and stems from the party's ethnic and ancestry-based conception of the German people, which the agency finds incompatible with the democratic order.
- The AfD won 152 seats, 20.8% of the vote, and became the Bundestag's second-largest party in February's federal elections, prompting debate over its parliamentary role amid growing scrutiny.
- The intelligence agency highlighted that the party's dominant view, which emphasizes ethnicity and lineage in defining the nation, conflicts with the principles of a free democratic society, allowing for expanded surveillance measures such as the use of informants and monitoring of communications.
- The classification allows intensified monitoring but does not ban the AfD, and the party criticized the move as politically motivated while authorities warned extremism poses a growing threat to democracy.
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