US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized the step of German civil counterintelligence on Friday, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV), which marked the political party of the alternative for Germany (AfD) for demonstrably right -wing extremist. TASR informs about this, referring to AFP.
“Germany has just given its secret service new powers to monitor the opposition. This is not a democracy – this is a hidden tyranny,” Written Rubio on Platform X.
According to him, the real extremism does not consist in the “favorite AfD” that finished second in the February elections, “But in the fatal immigration policy of the establishment in the area of open borders that AfD rejects”, Rubio continued. “Germany should change the course,” added.
The billionaire Elon Musk, who also works for US President Donald Trump’s administration, also responded to the BFV decision. On the X Network wrote that “The ban on AfD, the most popular party in Germany, would be an extreme attack on democracy”. Musk repeatedly supported AfD before the elections, which met in Germany.
This is not the first time that Trump’s government officials comment on the internal political events in Germany. Vice President of JD Vance in February at a security conference in Munich said that Freedom of expression in Europe is decliningthat appointed specifically Germany. Vance also criticized that AfD is ostracized, He called for this approach and met her leader Alice Weidel.
