German AfD party classed as extreme-right by spy agency

德国另类选择党被情报机构归类为极右翼

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2025-05-03

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The German Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been classified as extreme-right by the country's intelligence agency. This will allow for closer surveillance of the party - and potentially even a total ban. We hear from the party’s deputy leader who calls the decision ‘totalitarian’. Also on the programme: The crew of a boat transporting aid to Gaza claims it was attacked by drones in international waters near Malta, and; Prince Harry tells the BBC that his father King Charles won't speak to him because of a dispute over who should pay for his security. (Supporters of the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wear morph suits and wave flags during an event to rally support for Sunday's European Parliament elections at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo)
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  • Germany's far-right political party, the AfD,

  • has been classified as an extremist organisation by the intelligence agency.

  • The alternative for Germany made big gains in recent elections,

  • standing on its platform of opposing immigration and getting the second highest vote share.

  • The intelligence agency, says the AFD,

  • wants to exclude people from the democratic process in Germany based on their ancestry or ethnicity,

  • which it says is incompatible with the country's constitution.

  • The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio isn't impressed.

  • He said on X, Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition.

  • That's not democracy, it's tyranny in disguise.