The German authorities classified the AfD party as right-wing extremist

The Federal Office for the Protection of the German Constitution has classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist organization that threatens democracy in the country. This was reported by Spiegel magazine on May 2.

It is noted that this step reduces obstacles to monitoring a political party with the help of special services and allows for better monitoring of its activities.

According to the newspaper, the agency completed work on the AFD assessment this week and submitted 11.1 thousand pages of evidence of the unconstitutional nature of the party to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The "ethnic-tribal understanding of the people" that prevails in the party is "incompatible with the free democratic basic order," the ministry said.

According to Spiegel, the political debate about the likelihood of a complete ban on AFD will gain momentum. The Bundestag, the Bundesrat, or the Federal Government may file a petition to ban the party with the Constitutional Court. For many parliamentarians, categorizing right-wing extremists as "confirmed" was an important prerequisite for considering such a move.

Change of power: German elections won by the opposition CDU/CSU party

Friedrich Merz will be the new chancellor.

Early elections to the Bundestag were held in Germany on February 23. The opposition bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) won, gaining 28.6%. The right-wing AfD party, with 20.8%, became the second political force in the country.

On April 9, the media reported that the CDU/CSU bloc, which won the German elections, and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) had concluded a coalition agreement on the formation of a new cabinet of ministers of Germany.