German authorities classify AfD as an "extremist" party that threatens democracy.
Intelligence services are basing their opinion on the "anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim" stance of the party, which came second in the elections.
BarcelonaThe German intelligence services (BfV, the German acronym for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution) have formally designated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist" and deemed it a threat to democracy. "The perception of people based on ethnicity and ancestry that predominates within the party is not compatible with the free democratic order," the agency said in a statement on Friday. This classification allows authorities to increase surveillance of the party, which He came second in the February federal elections, surpassing the Social Democrats for the first time, which came in third.
According to the BfV, the determining factor in this decision was "the party's general anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim stance," which "devalues entire population groups in Germany and violates their human dignity," which means "subjecting them to unequal treatment." The organization referred to the "large number of anti-foreigner, anti-minority, anti-Islam, and anti-Muslim statements" by the leaders of the far-right party, led by Alice Weidel.
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