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This means that what is currently the largest opposition party can now also be monitored using intelligence services. According to information from the German Press Agency, the president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, informed the state offices yesterday in a videoconference.
The president of the AfD, Tino Chrupalla, spoke in an initial reaction of a “scandalous approach”. The right-wing party now wants to use legal means to defend itself from the classification.
Strong shift to the right in the AfD
The alternative for Germany was founded in 2013. Originally, critics of the euro bailout policy spoke there. Over the years, the party moved more and more to the right. Many of the founding members have left the AfD again.
