German AfD party labeled 'extremist' by intelligence agency – DW – 05/02/2025
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The agency cited a "xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic" rhetoric among the reasons for the designation. The label gives authorities more power to investigate the far-right party.

Germany’s spy agency BfV has labeled the entirety of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist entity.

The BfV domestic intelligence agency, which is in charge of safeguarding Germany’s constitutional order, said the announcement comes after an “intense and comprehensive” examination.

“The ethnicity-and ancestry-based conception of the people that predominates within the party is not compatible with the free democratic order,” the BfV said on Friday.

Hopefully this inspires the other parties to to start the process to see the AfD banned. I know the report might not look like much, because of how obvious the findings are. But previous attempts at banning them have failed because such an official report was missing. So maybe our political system starts getting its shit together.

As we say in Germany: Hope dies last

  • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Banning political party is anti-democratic.

    Except when it’s a nazi party. Don’t give nazis the time of day.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      When the term Nazi has lost all meaning due to the left throwing it around at everything they don’t like, calling a party a “Nazi party” also means nothing and causes most people to just roll their eyes at you, and often actually look into what you’re so angry at. Maybe that’s why the AfD are gaining so many supporters?

      Nothing in their policies on their website is even remotely “Nazi” adjacent.

      What makes them “Nazis” in your opinion?

      • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        21 hours ago

        When the term Nazi has lost all meaning due to the left throwing it around at everything they don’t like, calling a party a “Nazi party” also means nothing and causes most people to just roll their eyes at you, and often actually look into what you’re so angry at

        Nah we calling nazis nazis. Not just things we don’t like. Question for you. If the AFD ain’t about nazis, why do nazis think they are?

        Nothing in their policies on their website is even remotely “Nazi” adjacent

        No, no just all the nazi dog whistles.

        What makes them “Nazis” in your opinion

        Goose steps like a nazi, has nazi ties, doesn’t decry nazis who love them. Brother you got yourself a nazi.

        • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
          11·
          18 hours ago

          All that and still didn’t answer a simple question:

          What makes them “Nazis” in your opinion?

          Which policies are “nazi” policies exactly?

          Also worth pointing out, since you clearly don’t remember - the Nazi’s were far left socialists. They weren’t far right.

          • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            17 hours ago

            You wanna talk about arguing in bad faith lol

            the Nazi’s were far left socialists. They weren’t far right.

            Revisionist historian here.

                  • T00l_shed@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    31·
                    17 hours ago

                    DPRK is, neither democratic, or a republic of the people. This concept of calling themselves something their not shouldn’t be so confusing to you. Please tell me you’re not serious about this, the nazis are, and have always been far right. If you are serious, you really need to take proper history classes, revisionist history about the nazis is not ok.