The AfD has already challenged the “extremist” label in court, and the BfV has withdrawn its finding until the court rules on it. The case is expected to take months, possibly years ...

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A week ago, Germany‘s domestic intelligence service (BfV) presented the outgoing federal government with a 1,108-page report classifying Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “guaranteed far ...

The BfV won't refer to the AfD as a "right-wing extremist movement" until the court ruleson an AfD motion to issue a temporary injunction. Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice ...

Just six days after the agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, also known as the BfV, said it had gathered “definitive evidence” that the AfD seeks to undermine Germany’s ...

The BfV announced the extremist classification last week, paving the way for the far-right party to be surveilled by domestic intelligence services. The party immediately responded by saying it ...

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to refrain from sharing intelligence with Germany’s domestic intelligence agency days after the country’s spy arm ...

The “right-wing extremist” designation means that the domestic intelligence agency, known as the Office of the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, or BfV), will have even ...

Referring to the decision by the BfV, CDU leader Friedrich Merz said: "Since last weekend at the latest, it has also become inconceivable for me to elect AfD members of the German Bundestag to the ...

A spokesman for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) told Agence France-Presse the party had lodged a court challenge against the BfV intelligence agency's designation on Monday, the day before ...

In Germany the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (or Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz - BfV) has the power to ban or closely monitor parties that might be a danger to the ...