Intelligence Agency Classifies Country's Popular Alternative For Germany Party As 'extremist'

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, nan Federal Office for nan Protection of nan Constitution aliases BfV, connected Friday classified nan country’s celebrated Alternative for Germany (AfD) statement arsenic "extremist."

"Central to our appraisal is nan ethnically and ancestrally defined conception of nan group that shapes nan AfD, which devalues full segments of nan organization successful Germany and violates their quality dignity," nan BfV said, explaining its decision. "This conception is reflected successful nan party’s wide anti-migrant and anti-Muslim stance." 

The AfD slammed nan decision, calling it a "blow against democracy," claiming it was "clearly politically motivated," which nan BfV denied.

The U.S. besides criticized nan designation, pinch Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming it is "tyranny successful disguise."

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Alice Weidel, co-leader of nan country's celebrated Alternative for Germany governmental party, speaks astatine an arena successful January. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

"Germany conscionable gave its spy agency caller powers to surveil nan opposition," Rubio posted connected X. "That’s not democracy—it’s tyranny successful disguise. What is genuinely extremist is not nan celebrated AfD—which took 2nd successful nan caller election—but alternatively nan establishment’s deadly unfastened separator migration policies that nan AfD opposes. Germany should reverse course."

Elon Musk wrote on X: "Banning nan centrist AfD, Germany's, astir celebrated party, would beryllium an utmost onslaught connected democracy." 

AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla said, "The AfD will proceed to return ineligible action against these defamatory attacks that endanger democracy." 

Vice President JD Vance met pinch Weidel earlier nan predetermination and said that free reside was nether onslaught successful Europe. 

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An emblem of Germany's Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz (BfV), nan country's home intelligence service. (Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay )

The BfV besides classifies nan neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NDP), nan Islamic State and different Islamist groups, and nan far-left Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany arsenic "extremist."

The classification allows nan intelligence agency to intimately surveil nan AfD, which came successful 2nd successful Germany’s February elections, winning a grounds number of seats successful parliament.

Germany’s intelligence agency is much legally constrained than different European countries successful its expertise to surveil governmental parties, which requires nan "extremist" designation, because of its history nether Nazi and Communist rule. 

The nickname besides allows nan intelligence work to intercept statement communications.

The "extremist" nickname followed a 1,100-page study by nan intelligence agency, and a tribunal lawsuit nonaccomplishment for AfD successful challenging nan BfV’s erstwhile classification of nan governmental statement arsenic 1 suspected of extremism. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called nan intelligence service's nickname "tyranny successful disguise." (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz, who heads the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), will beryllium confirmed arsenic chancellor adjacent week pursuing nan elections successful a conjugation authorities pinch nan center-left Social Democrats. 

Both Merz and nan Social Democrats ruled retired governing pinch nan AfD. 

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CDU, on pinch its Bavarian sister statement nan Christian Social Union (CSU), won Germany’s elections successful February aft garnering 28.6% of nan vote, according to Germany’s world broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). 

The AfD secured 20.8% of nan vote. Meanwhile, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) won conscionable 16.4% of nan vote, its worst consequence since World War II.

Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf and Reuters contributed to this report.