US EditionRubio and German Foreign Ministry Exchange Comments on X Over Governance Criticism
- On Friday, Marco Rubio, serving as US Secretary of State, criticized Germany for branding the far-right AfD party as extremist and expanding its surveillance powers over the group, describing the move as a form of disguised tyranny.
- Germany's domestic intelligence agency classified the AfD as extremist after a three-year review citing threats to democratic order and unconstitutional discrimination.
- The AfD, a far-right party popular especially in East Germany, has leaders convicted for Nazi slogans and calls for mass immigrant expulsions, prompting controversy and US officials' support.
- Rubio posted on his official X account, "That's not democracy—it's tyranny in disguise," while the German Foreign Office responded that rightwing extremism must be stopped.
- Rubio urged the US ally to reverse course, highlighting tensions over free speech and political surveillance that could affect future US-Germany relations.
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Prominent legal ideologists from abroad protest against the classification of the AfD as right-wing extremist. This fits well in the strategy of the party leadership.
Rubio's comments on the classification of the AfD as extreme right shake transatlantic relations. Germany responds diplomatically.
The US Secretary of State, the Russian ex-president and the FPÖ – they all criticize the categorization of the German right-wing foreign party as far-right extremist.
Back to the future: Rubio, Vance respond to German gov't over move to ban opposition party · American Wire News
The German government has designated the leading opposition party as an “extremist endeavor” in yet another alarming turn by the nation back to its dark and oppressive past. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has been falsely branded as a “far-right” organization by the authoritarian leftist extremists who now rule the European continent, has now been deemed to be all but an official enemy of the state by German intelligence, opening…
Ich Bin Ein Lawfare Tyrannist
Berlin once stood for freedom. Now it stands for lawfare. In 1963, JFK came to Berlin to support a city surrounded by tyranny. Today, Germany is using its own courts to crush opposition parties like AfD. The excuse is extremism. The real reason is fear. Lawfare has become the tool of choice for elites who can’t win with voters, so they go after rivals with judges instead. This isn’t democracy. It’s control dressed up in legal robes. The surest s…
On Friday, it was announced that Germany's intelligence service classified the German party AfD as far-right. Following the announcement, US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio harshly criticized Germany, calling the classification "undemocratic." "It is tyranny in disguise," writes Marco Rubio on X.
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