The German internal intelligence was located on Friday, May 2, the entire alternative party for Germany (AFD), second in the last legislative elections on Friday, May 2, as a “extremist of the right extremist” proven, which should allow an investment under intensive surveillance.
The ideology of the AFD that “devalues whole groups of the population in Germany and undermines its human dignity”, “is not compatible with the fundamental democratic order,” said the Constitution protection office in a press release.
The party denounced a “coup for German democracy” and a “politically motivated” decision. In a press release, his bosses Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla said they wanted to “continue to legally defend themselves against these dangerous defamations for democracy.”
Historical advance in legislative elections
During the legislative elections of February 23, AFD directed by Alice Weidel had made a historical advance, doubleing its previous score with more than 20% of the votes.
Since then, the young party founded in 2013 has even exceeded in certain surveys of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the conservative party of Friedrich Merz, which must invest Chancellor on Tuesday.
The Constitution Protection Office does not immediately specify the concrete consequences of this classification, which could have great repercussions on German political life.
This classification gives important average authorities of surveillance and control, including private communications.
“Hostile attitude” towards migrants and Muslims
Already soft in recent months by certain political leaders, the debate on a possible prohibition of the party could be relaunched.
German interior intelligence services had already classified the youth organization of the extreme right -wing party, as well as several regional branches of Länder of former Germany Germany, as “extremist.”
In its press release on Friday, the office underlines in particular “the generally hostile attitude to migrants and Muslims of the party” as a whole. “Continuous agitation against refugees or migrants promotes the propagation and deepening of prejudices, resentments and fears towards this group of people,” said the intelligence service.
Source: BFM TV
