Germany’s AfD Party Challenges Agency’s ‘Extremist’ Label
An Alternative for Germany supporter at an AfD event in Templin, on May 1.
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Germany’s main opposition party Alternative for Germany challenged a ruling by the nation’s domestic intelligence agency that classified it as a right-wing extremist movement.
The AfD filed its lawsuit on Monday and is also seeking a fast-track interim ruling that would stop the decision taking effect while the challenge is pending, according to a spokeswoman for the Cologne Administrative Court.