US EditionVance, Rubio Openly Shame Germany Over Spy Agency's Big Move As Trump Spooks NATO
- Germany's domestic intelligence agency BfV classified the AfD party as a right-wing extremist group on Friday, enabling broader surveillance powers.
- Following a three-year inquiry, Germany’s BfV determined that the AfD advocates for a form of citizenship based on ethnic criteria and poses a threat to the country’s democratic constitutional framework.
- The AfD, founded in 2013, has become Germany's largest opposition party by capitalizing on migration fears and securing over 20% of the vote in February elections.
- US officials JD Vance and Marco Rubio condemned Germany's recent actions, describing the designation as an example of disguised tyranny and accusing the country of suppressing free speech and erecting a new 'Berlin Wall.'
- The German Foreign Ministry defended the decision as a democratic step necessary to combat right-wing extremism, emphasizing it resulted from an independent investigation and can be appealed.
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Vance, Rubio, Musk and Co.: The German obsession in the Trump camp becomes a problem for Merz
Following the classification of the AfD as an extreme right by constitutional protection, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance came up with sharp criticism. For the new federal government this becomes a problem. Because it reveals a fundamental problem of the U.S. government with Germany.
AfD, Germany defends itself against Rubio's attacks: “This is democracy, the extreme right must be stopped”
The US Secretary of State, together with Musk and JD Vance, criticized the German institutions that defined the party as “decidedly extreme right”. The Berlin Foreign Ministry: “The past teaches: constitution and the rule of law must be defended”
Nemačko ministarstvo spoljnih poslova odgovorilo Marku Rubio na critics oko stranke AfD
Ministarstvo spoljnih poslova Nemačke reagovalo je na izjavu državnog sekretara SAD Marka Rubija koji je osudio odluku nemačke obaveštajne službe da desničarsku stranku Alernativa za Nemačku (AfD) klasifikuje kao "ekstremističko desničarsku" organizaciju.
Germany responds to US criticism of the illegalisation of AfD: “The courts will have the last word”
In the wake of the harsh criticism by the head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, of the classification of the Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) contrary to the Constitution, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has defended the decision of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the internal intelligence service charged with the verdict, as democratic and in accordance with the rule of law. “This is democracy”, the Ministry of Foreig…
"It's democracy": Germany responds again to what Lykke Friis calls a coordinated American attack
It is serious for Germany when both the US Secretary of State and Vice President criticize the intelligence service's labeling of AfD as right-wing extremist, says Lykke Friis.
Rubio on the AfD: "Germany is a tyranny under disguised lies"
The decision to classify the AfD as "right-wing extremist" is putting a strain on German-American relations. The Trump administration has already voiced criticism of the behaviour of European governments towards right-wing populist parties
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