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German AfD Party Categorized as Extremist by Security Agency (www.bloomberg.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62880263

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency formally classified the Alternative for Germany as a right-wing extremist movement, meaning authorities will have enhanced powers to monitor the party as a potential threat to democracy.

The judgment by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution “is based on an extremely careful expert review spanning approximately three years” that examined remarks made by high-ranking AfD officials, according to a statement published Friday by Sinan Selen and Silke Willems, the office’s co-vice presidents.

https://archive.ph/gbEqD

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

pfew, they're finally stepping in to stop those nazi's