“Racist, anti-Muslim,” AfD, Germany’s biggest opposition party labelled ‘extremist’ by intelligence

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New Delhi, May 02 2025 (ANI): Days ahead of the swearing in of Germany’s new Chancellor, the nation witnessed a significant political development. Germany's domestic intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as an ‘extremist entity that threatens democracy’. Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser backed move stating that ‘Intelligence Agency has a clear mandate’. The country's biggest opposition party, which decried the move as a "blow against democracy". The decision comes days before conservative Friedrich Merz is set to take oath as Germany's new chancellor on May 06.

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00:00AFD!

00:10In the camera.

00:12Herr Becker, hebe sie mal kurz.

00:14Jeder weiß welche Kamera.

00:16Genau, in die Kamera schauen wir jetzt mal.

00:25...den richtigen Minister!

00:27Diese Schwerpunktsetzung

00:30... unsere Demokratie zu schützen

00:33und dabei arbeitet es eigenständig.

00:42The AFD is to be categorized as a confirmed right-wing extremist party,

00:47as it has been proven that the AFD pursues efforts

00:50against the free democratic basic order.

00:53The AFD represents an ethnic concept

00:56that discriminates against entire population groups.

00:59Citizens with a history of migration

01:02are treated as second-class Germans.

01:04This clearly contradicts the guarantee of human dignity

01:09in Article I of the Constitution.

01:11Their nationalist attitude is reflected in racist statements,

01:15especially against immigrants and Muslims.

01:17The AFD is as the sicherst rechtsextremistische Partei

01:20The Domestic Intelligence Agency has a clear legal mandate

01:26to take action against extremism and protect our democracy,

01:30and in doing so, it works independently.

01:34The previous assessment of the AFD as a suspected right-wing extremist organization

01:44has been confirmed by the courts.

01:46The new assessment will certainly also be reviewed by the courts.

01:49In a constitutional state, independent courts decide in the end.

01:55In other words, the new assessment by the Domestic Intelligence Agency

02:00shows that we are a democracy with defenses

02:03and have legal instruments to protect our democracy against extremist threats.

02:08This includes observation and evaluation by the Domestic Intelligence Agency,

02:14as is the case here.

02:16We should always separate these legal instruments

02:19from the necessary political debate.

02:22You know that I have also said it time and again.

02:26A party ban procedure has very high constitutional hurdles for good reasons.

02:31That should not be ruled out, but we should continue to handle it very carefully.

02:36In any case, there is no automatism.

02:40AFD! AFD!

03:06AFD!

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