SZ: the Alternative for Germany party may be recognized as extremist in Germany. The claim will be heard in March in the Higher Administrative Court of Munster.
In early January, former President of the Bundestag and MP from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) Wolfgang Thierse called on Berlin to examine the possibility of banning the AfD party. The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes about this with reference to its own investigation. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is working to classify the entire AfD as a “clearly extremist movement”