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Germanys far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the countrys most successful far-right party since the war, but its latest election results suggest it has hit a ceiling. This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because, with Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer a candidate in Septembers election, Germany has no choice but to choose an alternative. The built-in uncertainty of Germanys political future has bee...

Germanys far-right AfD lawmakers visit Moscow Duma lawmakers welcomed three members of Germanys far-right AfD party in Moscow, with the visitors calling to end the sanctions against Russia. German AfDs Alice Weidel met Russian politician Michael Schvydkoy Senior Russian lawmakers and members of the AfD party called to "normalize" Russian-German relations after a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russian parliaments webpage. Weidel, whose anti-immigrant AfD branch contests next Sundays...

German secret service officially characterises the Alternative for Germany as a “suspected right-wing extremist case” Last week, the president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz, as Germany’s domestic secret service is called) informed his colleagues from the federal states that the agency would treat the entire Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a suspected right-wing extremist case and will now subject it to observation for intelligence purpose...

Alternative for Germany | The party can’t go on Updated: Updated: Germany has put the AfD under surveillance for ties with right-wing extremism Share Article Germany has put the AfD under surveillance for ties with right-wing extremism For the first time in its post-Nazi history, a political party in Germany is officially under surveillance. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, also known as the BfV, has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) a...

Germany sees rise in extremist violence What is happening in the courts? It filed the cases after reports leaked that the BfV was preparing to put the whole party under surveillance over potential ties to far-right extremism. The AfD reasoned that being investigated would undermine its right to participate in elections on an equal footing with other political parties. The AfD had previously secured a court ruling that prevented the BfV publicly calling it a "case under investigation." AfD ...

An ongoing legal challenge brought by the Alternative for Germany is holding up the domestic intelligence agency's plans to monitor the party.

A German court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to plans by the domestic intelligence agency to spy on the far-right AfD party for posing a threat to democracy.

En Allemagne, le parti d’extrême droite AfD placé sous surveillance policière

The decision by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) was made on February 25 and first reported by Der Spiegel on Wednesday. The New York Times has also reported the news. It is the first time a major political party has been subject to such scrutiny in Germany since World War II, and the classification means that the BfV can now tap the phones of AfD members, monitor funding, and surveil the partys activities, Der Spiegel reported. The BfV has been monitoring select ...

4 Min Read BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany’s democratic constitution, a person briefed on the move said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Bjoern Hoecke (C) congratulates Andre Poggenburg of the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as Andreas Kalbitz (R) applauds after the first local elections polls in Magdeburg, Germany March ...