Germany's domestic intelligence agency has halted its public labeling of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist," following legal action from the party and mounting pressure from the Trump administration.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) recently classified AfD—a nationalist, anti-immigrant party—as a confirmed extremist group. The designation, based on a confidential 1,100-page report, enabled the agency to use expanded surveillance tools against the party, including informants and communications monitoring.
