A top German court confirmed the assessment of the AfD as a "suspected right-wing extremist" group. The ruling supports a prior court's findings, which cited evidence of anti-democratic tendencies within the party, including members' opinions on legal status for citizens with migration backgrounds. This classification enables monitoring under legal means, such as employing undercover informants. Although the "confirmed" classification is on hold, some AfD branches are already being observed as confirmed extremists by regional intelligence agencies. The AfD remains the strongest opposition party in the Bundestag.
The Leipzig federal administrative court's ruling upholds the assessment of the AfD party by Germany's domestic intelligence agency as a "suspected right-wing extremist" group.
The Munster court justified the assessment citing enough evidence of anti-democratic tendencies within the AfD's platform, specifically concerning members' views on citizens with migration backgrounds.
The classification allows the AfD to be monitored by all legal means, including the recruitment of undercover informants from amongst its members.
Despite the suspension of a "confirmed" classification pending a court ruling, some AfD regional branches are already being monitored as confirmed extremists by state intelligence agencies.
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