Alternative für Deutschland was designated an "extremist" group by Germany's domestic intelligence agency after becoming the country's most popular party.

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a ...

The BfV agency’s finding, based on a 1,100-page expert report, that the AfD is racist and anti-Muslim allows the authorities to increase surveillance of the party, including by recruiting ...