German counterintelligence announced on Friday that the political party alternative for Germany (AfD) will be described as a right-wing-eXtémist organization. DPA pointed out this, informs TASR.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV) stated that there is currently concrete evidence that the anti -immigration party founded in 2013 with its activities threatens the democratic order in Germany.
“The prevailing perception of the population based on ethnicity and origin is incompatible with the basic free democratic order,” stated the intelligence service.
Deputy director of BFV Sinan Selen and Silke Willems pointed out that Party’s statements and attitudes and its leading officials violate the constitutional principle of the inviolability of human dignity. Deputies temporarily lead BFV until the new director appoints the upcoming government.
Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in response that The intelligence service justified in detail why it classified the AfD as a right-wing-explorer. According to Reuters, however, he pointed out that any procedure for its ban must not be accelerated. “I am against a quick intervention, we have to evaluate the classification carefully,” He said at the Church Assembly in Hanover.
So far, the BFV has described the AfD as suspected of extremist activity. The party has unsuccessfully challenged it in court. The AfD finished second in the February parliamentary elections with almost 21 percent of the vote and won 152 seats in the 736-member Federal Assembly. In a public opinion poll from early April, she first ranked first with 25 percent of the votes ahead of the CDU/CSU Conservative block.
According to AfD officials, the decision is a “deep blow” for democracy in the country and wants to challenge him in court. TASR took information from AFP. “The AfD, as an opposition party, is now publicly discredited and criminalized,” said Alice Weidel and Tino Krrupalla in a statement. The counter -intelligence procedure was described as “evidently politically motivated”.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV) on Friday informed that there was concrete evidence that the alternative for Germany, founded in 2013, threatens democracy in the country. “The prevailing perception of the population based on ethnicity and origin is incompatible with the basic free democratic order,” stated the intelligence service.
Party was also rejected by the Deputy Chairman of the AfD Stephan Brandner. “This BFV decision, which is bound by instructions, is a full nonsense content, has nothing to do with law and justice, and is purely political in the combat of cartels against AfD,” said.
