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Germany's Domestic Spy Agency Designates AfD as Right-Wing Extremist Party

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Germany's national intelligence agency has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, labeling it a "confirmed right-wing extremist" force. The designation, made by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, allows the authorities to increase surveillance of the party, including by recruiting confidential informants, and could potentially revive discussion over a ban for the AfD. The party has been accused of being racist and anti-Muslim, and evidence has been gathered that suggests it works against Germany's democratic order.

  1. DE
    Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
    1. It aims to exclude certain population groups from equal participation in society, to subject them to treatment that violates the constitution, and thereby assign them a legally subordinate status.
    2. The AfD's ethnic and descent-based understanding of the people, which devalues ​​entire population groups in Germany and violates their human dignity.
  2. DE
    Anton Baron
    Alternative for Germany
    1. It is sad to see the state of democracy in our country when the established parties now resort to the most politically questionable means to act against the strongest opposition party.
  3. DE
    Alice Weidel
    Alternative for Germany
    1. The AfD is being publicly discredited and criminalised shortly before change of government.
    2. The AfD will continue to defend itself legally against these defamatory statements that endanger democracy.
  4. DE
    Lars Klingbeil
    Social Democratic Party
    1. They want a different country, they want to destroy our democracy. And we must take that very seriously.
  5. DE
    Nancy Faeser
    Social Democratic Party
    1. A party ban procedure has very high constitutional hurdles for good reasons. That should not be ruled out but we should continue to handle it very carefully. In any case, there is no automatism.
    2. The AfD represents an ethnic concept that discriminates against entire population groups and treats citizens with a history of migration as second-class Germans.
  6. US
    Marco Rubio
    Republican Party
    1. Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That's not democracy—it's tyranny in disguise.
  7. DE
    Jens Christian Wagner
    Buchenwald And Mittelbau-Dora Memorial
    1. This should be a reason to finally seriously consider a ban procedure before it is too late.
  8. DE
    Wolfgang Schroeder
    Kassel University
    1. There is tension between a party's claim to chair positions based on its size and the freedom of conscience of the members of parliament.
    2. The ban is clearly defined: Article 21 of the Basic Law [Germany's constitution] provides the possibility for this from the outset. It must concern an active campaign against the free democratic order. The party's aim must be to overcome the political system.

Extremist Far-Right Movements

  1. Germany's Domestic Spy Agency Pauses Extremist Classification for AfD Party
  2. AfD Party Sues German Intelligence Agency Over Designation as Right-Wing Extremist
  3. Tens of thousands in France protest against racism and far-right surge

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.NPR
  5. 5.DW News
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.ABC News (Australia)
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.The Times
  10. 10.The Washington Post
  11. 11.The Times of India
  12. 12.ABC News

perspectives

  1. 1.Protests
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  4. 4.Scholz Coalition in Germany
  5. 5.Terrorist Attacks in Europe

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.GermanyDE
  3. 3.DenmarkDK
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.GreeceGR
  6. 6.PolandPL
  7. 7.Russian FederationRU
  8. 8.SwedenSE
  9. 9.UkraineUA
  10. 10.Holy See (Vatican City State)VA

organizations

  1. 1.Alternative for GermanyDE
  2. 2.Bundesamt für VerfassungsschutzDE
  3. 3.Bundestag
  4. 4.Christian Democratic Union
  5. 5.Social Democratic Party
  6. 6.Christian Social Union
  7. 7.Federal Constitutional Court
  8. 8.Getty Images
  9. 9.Atlantic CouncilUS
  10. 10.BlueskyUS
  11. 11.EU Parliament
  12. 12.Federal Bureau of InvestigationUS

persons

  1. 1.Alice WeidelDE
  2. 2.Elon MuskUS
  3. 3.Friedrich MerzDE
  4. 4.Tino ChrupallaDE
  5. 5.Olaf ScholzDE
  6. 6.Anton BaronDE
  7. 7.Marco RubioUS
  8. 8.Nancy FaeserDE
  9. 9.Jakub Krupa
  10. 10.James David VanceUS
  11. 11.Jens Christian WagnerDE
  12. 12.Jens SpahnDE

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Nazism
  3. 3.World War II
  4. 4.Basic Law
  5. 5.Article 21
  6. 6.Buchenwald
  7. 7.General Data Protection Regulation
  8. 8.Holocaust
  9. 9.Munich Security Conference
  10. 10.Sistine Chapel