Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence service
Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party as a “confirmed rightwing extremist group”.
On Thursday, Rubio took to X and wrote: “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd
Author : Maya Yang
Publish date : 2025-05-03 17:24:00
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