U.S. Designates Four Antifa-Linked Groups as Terrorist Organizations

Overview

• The State Department announcement, delivered by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, places Antifa Ost/Hammerbande, Italy’s Federazione Anarchica Informale, and two Greek groups on the U.S. terrorist list, with restrictions taking effect on November 20.
• The United States released material that includes an image tied to the 2023 Budapest assaults referenced in the Hungarian case involving Ilaria Salis.
• The European Parliament recently declined to lift Salis’s immunity, leaving Hungarian criminal proceedings suspended for now despite renewed political scrutiny.
• Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs and Italian MEP Carlo Fidanza cited the U.S. designation to portray Salis’s alleged associates as terrorists and to press for a tougher stance.
• Hungary had already labeled Hammerbande a terrorist organization in September 2025, and the U.S. listing adds asset freezes, travel bans, and material-support penalties.