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AfD party labelled as right-wing extremist
Hindustan Times Bengaluru
|May 03, 2025
Germany's domestic intelligence agency formally classified the Alternative for Germany as a right-wing extremist movement, meaning authorities will have enhanced powers to monitor the party as a potential threat to democracy.
BERLIN:
The judgment by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution "is based on an extremely careful expert review spanning approximately three years" that examined remarks by high-ranking AfD officials, according to a statement published Friday by Sinan Selen and Silke Willems, the office's co-vice presidents.
This story is from the May 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Bengaluru.
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