Berlin Justice Senator Advocates Classifying AfD as Confirmed Right-Wing Extremist Group

Felor Badenberg urges a higher classification of the AfD by Germany's domestic intelligence agency, cautioning against premature party ban efforts.

Felor Badenberg, Berlin's Justice Senator and former deputy head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, calls for the AfD to be classified as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization.
Badenberg argues that the party's evolution in recent years justifies this higher classification, citing its threat to democracy and society.
She emphasizes that a party ban is premature and unlikely to succeed without stronger legal evidence of the AfD's anti-constitutional activities as a whole.
Currently, only three of the AfD's 16 regional branches are classified as confirmed right-wing extremist entities, complicating efforts for a national party ban.
Badenberg criticizes the federal government for underutilizing existing measures, such as targeting individual extremist branches, to address the AfD's influence.