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The decision to label the AfD as "right-wing extremist" is straining US-German relations. The Trump administration has previously criticised the behaviour of European governments towards right-wing populist, anti-immigration parties.

Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States.

Incoming chancellor must now decide whether to ban flourishing far-right party amid widespread discontent

Classification opens way for surveillance of party and is likely to revive discussion of a ban.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has designated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party a right-wing extremist group that threatens the country’s democratic order. The move hands authorities more power to monitor the party just months after it took second place in national elections.

Upgrade from ‘suspected’ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last election

Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason.

The move enables the agency to better monitor the party that came second in February's federal election

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”