AfD sues over ‘extremist’ classification; Germany rejects US criticism | Courts News

‘We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,’ Germany’s foreign ministry says.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has launched a legal challenge against Germany’s domestic intelligence agency for designating the far-right party an “extremist” organisation.

A spokesperson for the administrative court in Cologne confirmed on Monday that the AfD had submitted both a lawsuit and an emergency petition in response to the decision by the Federal Office…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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