The Federal Office for the Protection of the German Constitution has begun to consider the policies of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party more radical, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on February 25, citing official correspondence from the department’s employees.
The AfD’s activities in 2019 were classified as “worthy of review.” Since 2021, the department revised the assessment and classified the party’s activities as “raising suspicion” of extremism. According to the publication, the party’s policy has become even more radical and the national secret service could soon issue a harsher verdict.
A new examination is being carried out from 2023 and a conclusion must be reached “after March”. Currently, only three regional branches of the AfD are recognized as far-right and the entire party is only under suspicion.
Recognizing a party as far-right does not imply any real restrictions on its activities, but intelligence services can increase the intensity of surveillance of representatives. Intelligence reports are more complete and frequent on the activities of organizations or individuals that fall into this category.
The AfD is considered a right-wing populist party. It is the second most popular in Germany and now has relatively high ratings among all Germans, between 17 and 20%. However, other political forces do not consider it possible to cooperate with him in any coalition, neither at the federal nor regional level. First in the rankings is the conservative Christian Democratic and Social Christian Union bloc, which is popular with 28-31% of the German population.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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