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A supporter of Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, waits for the beginning of a rally in Erfurt, Germany, in May 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) 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.
The Cologne administrative court ruled that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had to await the outcome of a legal challenge brought by the AfD first.
German media reported earlier this week that the BfV had decided to classify the anti-Islam, anti-immigrant AfD as “a suspected case” of right-wing extremism.
A supporter of the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, waits for the beginning of a rally in Erfurt, Germany, in 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)
BERLIN (AP) Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put the Alternative for Germany party under observation due to suspicions of extreme-right sympathies, German media reported Wednesday, a move against the biggest opposition party in parliament that comes only six months before a national election.
Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has been fighting in court against such measures, arguing that the publicity surrounding such a move so close to Sept. 26 election would damage the party’s electoral chances.