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Stuttgart (dpa) - The AfD parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel wants to take legal action against the classification of the AfD as a suspected case by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
"The protection of the constitution acts on the question of the AfD purely politically," said the Baden-Württemberg AfD state chairman on Wednesday of the dpa in Stuttgart.
"This is particularly noteworthy in view of the upcoming state and federal elections this year."
Legal action will be taken against the classification of the AfD.
"I am sure that such a classification of the AfD will not stand before the Federal Constitutional Court."
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the entire AfD as a suspected right-wing extremist case.
According to dpa information, the authority's president, Thomas Haldenwang, informed the state offices for the protection of the constitution on Wednesday in an internal video conference.
Due to ongoing legal proceedings, the Federal Office is currently not making public statements on the question of the AfD's assessment.
The «Spiegel» and several other media had previously reported on the classification.
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