AfD lives almost half from the state treasury. No other party represented in the Bundestag is financed as heavily from state funds as the AfD.
Almost 45 percent of their income comes from the public sector. For the SPD it is only just under 30 percent, as the parties' annual reports for 2022 published by the bundestag show. The reports also show that the SPD generates by far the highest income from membership fees of all parties.. The AfD is classified by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as definitely right-wing extremist.