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Germany labels far-right AfD party as 'extremist' group

 

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency formally designated on Friday the far-right AfD party as a right-wing extremist group, potentially accelerating discussions over banning the party.

The agency said its months-long investigation confirmed the party’s efforts to undermine the country’s free democratic basic order.

Until now, only the regional branches in Thuringia, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt had been classified as 'right-wing extremist groups' by the authorities. Nationwide, the AfD was considered a right-wing extremist “suspected case.”

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