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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

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

entire AfD 'extremist'

No shit, sherlock, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But having it said in an official capacity is still important.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Have you even seen some of the mindblowing excuses people have for why MAGA people in USA are not necessarily extreme?
That it's for job security, or because of drug trade or all sorts of weird reasons that would absolutely be valid if they weren't based on falsehoods wrapped in fascism.

I'm actually quite surprised that the conclusion is that ALL of AfD are extremists. Maybe if USA had done the same with Trump, and he and his followers were concluded to be extremists, more would have been done to stop him?

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

To be fair: it's really hard to notice of you are completely bound in your right eye, which the BfV traditionally tends to be.