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Germany's Intelligence Agency Classifies AfD as an 'Extremist' Organization

  • On May 2, 2025, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency officially classified the AfD as a right-wing extremist group.
  • The classification followed a comprehensive 1,100-page audit and reflects the party's exclusionary views on ethnicity and ancestry incompatible with democracy.
  • The AfD, led by Alice Weidel, won a record 152 seats with 20.8% vote share in February's federal election, becoming the second-largest party in the Bundestag.
  • The agency stated the AfD aims to exclude certain groups from equal participation and granted itself powers like using informants and intercepting communications for monitoring.
  • The decision increases state surveillance on the AfD and may hinder its growth, although dissolution of the party remains unlikely without court action.
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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, May 2, 2025.
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