US EditionGermany's Intelligence Agency Classifies AfD as an 'Extremist' Organization
- On May 2, 2025, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency officially classified the AfD as a right-wing extremist group.
- The classification followed a comprehensive 1,100-page audit and reflects the party's exclusionary views on ethnicity and ancestry incompatible with democracy.
- The AfD, led by Alice Weidel, won a record 152 seats with 20.8% vote share in February's federal election, becoming the second-largest party in the Bundestag.
- The agency stated the AfD aims to exclude certain groups from equal participation and granted itself powers like using informants and intercepting communications for monitoring.
- The decision increases state surveillance on the AfD and may hinder its growth, although dissolution of the party remains unlikely without court action.
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To prevent AfD from running candidates for office, German intelligence classified the party as an extremist organization threatening democracy. They see it as a political justification for initiating ban proceedings against the party. They didn’t even wait until the CDU and the SPD form a new government and appointed a new Interior Minister. They are […] The post Germany’s Domestic Spies Classify AfD as Extremists Threatening Democracy appeared …
Rubio urges Germany to "invert the course" after AfD has been officially labelled for extremist organisation: This is not democracy
U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio condemned the classification of the Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) as "extreme confirmed right" by internal information services, calling on the country to "invert the course", Dpa reports.
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