Germany rebuked Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he slammed the country’s intelligence agency for classifying the far-right political party Alternative for Germany a “proven-right wing extremist organization.”
“We have learnt from our history that right-wing extremism needs to be stopped,” Germany’s foreign office wrote on X, in direct reply to Rubio.
AfD, whose staunch supporters include JD Vance and Elon Musk, was already under surveillance for suspected extremism by Germany’s intelligence services, which on Friday classified the party as a “proven right-wing extremist organization.”
didn’t they try to get them banned a couple of times, and it fell over in court? afaik this determination allows those attempts to retry with more evidence… it’s been an ongoing process; it just takes time
banning a political party should be hard, because it’s something that can very much be abused
No, banning AfD has not been tried even once.