Nom Chompsky
High Tory
Fact check: Germany's AfD no longer 'right-wing extremist'? – DW – 05/10/2025
The AfD and its supporters claim that Germany's domestic intelligence agency no longer classifies the party as "right-wing extremist." The facts, however, tell a different story.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has filed a lawsuit against the German domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which recently labeled the far-right party as "confirmed right-wing extremist."
On Thursday, the BfV complied with the AfD's request to follow a so-called "standstill commitment" (Stillhaltezusage). This means that the agency is putting its official reclassification of the AfD as a right-wing extremist party on hold.