– a lawsuit in this case went to Administrative Court in Cologne – confirmed Daniel Tapp, spokesman for AfD leader Alice Weidel.
He has its seat in Cologne counterintelligence agencyOffice for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV).
Germany. AfD sued counterintelligence. In the background a comprehensive expertise
“The party is trying with the help of the lawsuit legally prohibit the authorities classification, AFD monitoring and research as a right -wing -emergency organization, “Dpa noted.
BFV classified on Friday AFD as an extremist organization that threatens democracy. The decision was made on the basis of internal expertise of approx. 1.1 thousand. pages.
The document emphasized that the assessment is based primarily on The understanding of the nation dominating in the AfDwhich is based not on citizenship, but above all on origin.
An alternative to Germany. “They violate the principle of respect for human dignity”
The office emphasized that the dominant in the party A concept based on ethnic categories “aims to exclude some groups of population from equal participation in society and treating them in a way that violates the constitutionand thus giving them a legally subordinate status. “
AFD statements and views and its leading representatives violate the principle of respect for human dignity – BFV Sinan Selenium and Silke Willems said.
Germany. AFD as an extremist organization
Classification AfD As an extremist organization, it will allow the authorities use of classified monitoring methods activities of this group, which in the February parliamentary elections It took second place.
BFV decision does not mean the group's outlaw. Only the Constitutional Tribunal may decide about it at the request of one of the parliamentary chambers (Bundestag or Bundesrat) or the government.