AFD ha classificato l’estremista di destra

TIL 1/5th of the German population are extremists

**The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has reassessed the AfD at federal level. According to this, there is no longer any doubt that the party as a whole is right-wing extremist.**

Previously, the AfD was classified as a right-wing extremist “suspected case” and monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. This morning, the Federal Office informed the public that the party as a whole is now classified as a “proven right-wing extremist organization”. A press release states that the evidence has “intensified”, meaning that the Office for the Protection of the Constitution has proven that the AfD as a whole is right-wing extremist and against the free democratic basic order. The decision means a significant tightening of the assessment, but it does not come as a complete surprise.

**1,000-page report**

The basis for this is an extensive collection of material that has been repeatedly updated by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution: According to information from ARD-Hauptstadtstudio and SWR, the Federal Office’s report comprises more than 1,000 pages and is intended to prove why the AfD is anti-constitutional in the opinion of the constitutional protectors. The decisive factors are violations of human dignity, the rule of law or the principle of democracy, and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution distinguishes between test cases, suspected cases and “proven extremist tendencies”. The AfD was initially classified as a test case by the Federal Office at federal level in 2019. At this stage, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is only allowed to collect and evaluate public statements made by AfD functionaries, and the AfD resisted both the observation by the domestic intelligence service and the fact that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution made this evaluation public from day one. In February 2021, the AfD was upgraded to a suspected right-wing extremist party, which was initially declared lawful by the Cologne Administrative Court and, in May 2024, also by the Münster Higher Administrative Court after the party filed a lawsuit.

**Observation of the AfD**

With the classification as a suspected case, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution may also use so-called intelligence means for observation, such as recruiting human sources or conducting financial investigations. Measures to monitor communications are also permitted, but only with the prior approval of the G10 Commission of the German Bundestag. A final decision by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig on the question of whether the classification as a suspected case is lawful is still pending. However, this is no longer about the substantive justification, but solely about possible procedural errors in the classification. In its ruling, the Münster Higher Administrative Court had also called on the Office for the Protection of the Constitution to come to an assessment soon as to whether the suspicion of extremism had been confirmed or not.

The upgrade to “proven right-wing extremist organization” had already been expected last year. According to reports, however, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution initially refrained from doing so due to the early Bundestag elections, so as not to be accused of violating the equal opportunities of the parties in the election campaign.it is considered certain that the AfD will also take legal action against the reassessment by the Federal Office. In public, the AfD has always described the observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as politically motivated. Individual state associations of the party have already been classified as proven right-wing extremist: in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. As of today, the federal party has also been classified.

**Will there be a ban procedure?**

The reassessment by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is likely to reignite the debate about banning the AfD. However, there is no automaticity: the assessment as “proven right-wing extremist” is neither a prerequisite for this, nor is a ban procedure the inevitable consequence.it is rather a political decision: a ban procedure can only be initiated by the Bundestag, Bundesrat and Federal Government by applying to the Federal Constitutional Court, which then has to decide on it.an initiative for a ban application from the middle of the Bundestag, initiated by the then CDU member of the Bundestag Marco Wanderwitz, failed in January because there were not enough supporters.

And NOTHING will happen. Sad.

still AFD is rising but isn’t it something weird that nowadays extremists can be in power again? It’s not their fault, its fault of situation that is constantly worseing

Good.

Germans who vote for them now have 0 excuses.

It’s only been 80 years since the first ‘de-nazification’ campaign.

grass is green

I suppose that occupying the power and banning opposition all across Europe will only result in a revolution at some point.

I hope you are all aware of the soft totalitarianism happening regardless what kind of propaganda you are fed.

Can we stop fucking banning people from disagreeing?

No shit

🇺🇲😃

Took them long enough

Hi, lurking AfD voters. They are talking about you if you are still voting for them. We will remember.

Man finally that step is fucking crucial in german law world.
Lets see what comes of it

Discussing this with my partner in the UK where we’re seeing the right-leaning voters heading for more right-wing parties.* This is not what I think. But what about the argument that if you ban stuff, it makes people go for it more? My partner articulated this a bit better, but stuff about politicians telling people how to think and so on, rather than having better arguments.

*Reform in the UK won a bunch of local council elections held yesterday.

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c39jedewxp8t](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c39jedewxp8t)

For context if you don’t know, Farage was the driver of convincing people Brexit was a good idea. 🙁

Reform’s voter base, if you go on the forums, is more right wing and racist etc than what comes out of the mouths of their official politicians.

Farage seems to say what they want to hear, making spurious arguments about people not doing well because of whatever scapegoat or issue is handy at the time.

good. now save them from a tribunal and ban the party.

Now it’s us against them, 30% incoming

Can a party be classified as left wing extremism, and what would that look like?

It’s not even close to extremist lol.