German Intelligence Classifies the AfD, Germany's Second-Largest Party, as an 'Extremist' Organization

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AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

It is thought the change in designation of the AfD enables domestic intelligence agencies to lower the threshold for using informants and surveillance in monitoring the party.

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Germany lists far-right AfD party as danger to democracy

Germany's decision to target the AfD as an extremist group adds to an increasingly tense political atmosphere in Europe, in which supporters of hard-right parties argue that mainstream parties and government institutions are using ever more drastic means to exclude them from electoral politics.

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German Spy Agency Finds Way To Surveil Right-Wingers Even Harder

AfD’s popularity among the electorate is on par with Germany’s ruling party, polling equal to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at 24%, according to an INSA institute survey in April.

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German domestic intelligence agency designates AfD party as right-wing extremist

German domestic intelligence agency designates AfD party as right-wing extremist. "The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," agency says. During the federal elections in February, the AfD came in second with 20.8% of the vote.

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German spy agency ranks far-right AfD as ‘extremist’ entity that threatens democracy

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The AfD has already been under enhanced surveillance by authorities in some regions. The announcement means the agency's officials can use informants and other tools. Of the 38,800 far-right extremists counted by the agency last year, more than 10,000 are members of the party.

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German Spy Agency Formally Classifies AfD Party As "Right-Wing Extremist", Same Week As They Top Polls

German Spy Agency Formally Classifies AfD Party As "Right-Wing Extremist" Same Week As They Top Polls. Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally classified the party as a right-wing extremist movement. The finding, based on a 1,100-page expert report, that the AfD is racist and anti-Muslim allows the authorities to increase surveillance of the party.

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Germany's domestic intelligence labels right-wing AfD party as extremist

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has formally designated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as extremist. The move likely to further isolate the group that has emerged as the country's largest opposition party. The AfD, known for its anti-immigration and nationalist platform, has been under federal surveillance since 2021.

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Germany’s Domestic Spies Classify AfD as Extremists Threatening Democracy

German intelligence classified the AfD as an extremist organization threatening democracy. They see it as a political justification for initiating ban proceedings against the party. The Germans are pulling the same stunt the Europeans pulled in Romania and France. They are in a hurry to demonize these party members. They will use this to surveil them and gather intelligence they can manipulate.

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German intelligence agency declares AfD party ‘extremist’ and opens the door to its outlawing

AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla responded by calling the decision a "blow to democracy."

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Marco Rubio reacts to the decision on AfD. "Tyranies in disguise"

“The Germans have just granted its spy agency new rights to surveillance the opposition. This is not a democracy – this is tyranny in disguise” – he wrote Marco Rubio on the X website, referring to the decision of the German counterintelligence, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. “A real extremism is […]

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Germany formally classifies far-right AfD party as extremist, in blow to Nazi-linked populist movement

Weeks after it was shut out of Germany’s new government, the far-right party Alternative for Germany has been designated as an extremist group by the country’s domestic intelligence agency.

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Alternative for Germany listed as 'right-wing extremist' party by domestic spy agency

The Alternative for Germany party has been listed as a "right-wing extremist party" The party is known as AfD, which stands for Alternative for the Future of Germany. The party says it wants to make Germany a more open and tolerant nation. The AfD says it is committed to the values of the European Union.

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German Secret Police Labels AfD "Confirmed Far Right" as AfD Takes the Lead in the Polls

The German secret political police have designated the most popular German political party “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) as “confirmed far-right” The decision was based on a 1100 page brief compiled by the secret politicalPolice, Der Spiegel magazine reported. The BfV believes the AfD pursues an “ethnonationalist agenda” which goes against.

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