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Politics
Nicholas Cecil

20,000 Right-wing extremists in Alternative for Germany main Opposition party, warn spy chiefs

Alternative for Germany election campaign poster - (Getty Images)

Germany’s biggest opposition party the Alternative for Germany is harbouring 20,000 Right-wing extremists, say the country’s domestic spy chiefs.

The number of extremists within the AfD, which came second in federal elections in February, rose by 77% last year alongside growth in party membership and its shift rightwards, stressed the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, or Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

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