Germany labels far-right AfD party as 'extremist'⁣ ⁣ Germany's domestic intelligence agency has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as an ‘extremist entity that threatens democracy’.⁣ ⁣ This is a move enabling authorities to better monitor the party by recruiting confidential informants and intercepting communications.⁣ ⁣ The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution said: “Key to our assessment is the AfD’s ethnic-based understanding of the people, which devalues ​​entire population groups in Germany and violates their human dignity.”⁣ ⁣ This is reflected in the party’s overall anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim stance”, they added.⁣ ⁣ The co-leaders of the AfD said they would take legal action against the classification, describing the decision as a "severe blow to German democracy".⁣ ⁣ "The AfD is being publicly discredited and criminalised shortly before change of government," Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla said in a statement.⁣ ⁣ The party "will continue to d...