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The Federal Office for Constitutional Protection has classified the AfD as a secure right-wing extreme - this is on ice for legal reasons. How does the SPD chairman view this?
AfD party labeled 'extremist' by German intelligence
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has designated the far-right AfD party an extremist organization and a threat to democracy. The official classification does not mean the AfD is banned, but it does come with some consequences.
A team of researchers is alert to the risks of the deformation of radical right in social networks in confidence in democracy and democratic pluralism.
ANALYSIS. Since the alert of the Internal Intelligence Service, politicians, lawyers and German society have wondered whether the extreme right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party constitutes a danger to democracy.
In the SPD, the pressure on the party leaders to push forward an AfD banning process is growing. Juso boss Philipp Türmer expects "a clear signal".
Is it fair to ban a party? Why the hurdles for a possible AfD ban are so high – and what problems this brings with it. The former constitutional judge Gabriele Britz talks about this in the current podcast sequence.
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