German court backs intelligence agency's designation of far-right party as suspected extremist case

Deputy federal spokesperson for Alternative for Germany party Peter Boehringer, left, and assessor on the AfD’s federal executive board Roman Reusch stand in the courtroom before the verdict in the appeal proceedings in the dispute over the classification of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution at the Higher Administrative Court for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Muenster, Germany , Monday May 13, 2024.

The administrative court in Muenster ruled in favor of the BfV intelligence agency, upholding a 2022 decision by a lower court in Cologne, German news agency dpa reported. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has rejected the designation strongly.AfD was formed in 2013 and has moved steadily to the right over the years.

AfD has been polling strongly in Germany in recent months as discontent is high with center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition government. However, its support declined somewhat following a media report in January that extremists met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants, including some with German citizenship, and that some figures from the party attended. The report triggered

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