A German court has ruled that the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, can officially be classified as a suspected extremist group. This means Germany’s domestic intelligence service retains the right to have the party under surveillance.
The Court is convinced that there is a reasonable suspicion that the aim of a large part of the AfD is to devalue the status of German citizens with a migration background and to systematically marginalize this population group. Furthermore, the court sees sufficient evidence of hatred and incitement against foreigners and Muslims within the AfD, citing thousands of statements by AfD party members with derogatory content.
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00:00 Court rules AfD surveillande legal
02:30 Till Steffen (Greens), Member of the German Bundestag
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