OPEN LETTER/ Come to the dialogue and listen to me speak, otherwise I will cut off your scholarships, you will rot in prison. Please!

 Kliko këtu për të tjera
Voxpress:

US clashes sharply with Germany over AfD's classification as extremist party

2025-05-03 21:22:10Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
US clashes sharply with Germany over AfD's classification as extremist
AfD co-chair Alice Weidel

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized as "masked tyranny" in Germany the decision taken by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifying the AfD as a confirmed "right-wing extremist" party.

“Germany just gave its intelligence agency new powers to surveil the opposition,” Rubio wrote on the social network X on Friday. “This is not democracy - this is tyranny in disguise,” he continued. “It is not the AfD that is truly extremist, but the immigration policy that the party rejects. Germany must change course,” the US Secretary of State demanded.

The Foreign Ministry in Berlin later responded to Rubio's post, stating that "this is democracy."

The Foreign Ministry in Berlin said in a statement that “this decision is the result of a thorough and independent investigation to protect our Constitution and the rule of law.” The final word will be left to “independent courts,” the Foreign Ministry explained. “We have learned from our history that right-wing extremism must be stopped.”

The US government under President Donald Trump is close to the AfD. AfD co-chair Alice Weidel received support during the election campaign in Germany for the February 23 elections from Trump advisor Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance.

Following Rubio's reaction on Friday, there were also reactions from US Vice President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk for classifying the AfD as far-right. Vance wrote in X that the AfD is "the most popular party" in Germany. Now "bureaucrats are trying to destroy it."

US tech billionaire Elon Musk, who also works for the government of right-wing populist US President Donald Trump, also commented on the decision. In X he wrote that "banning the AfD, the most popular party in Germany, would be an extreme attack on democracy."

Musk repeatedly promoted the AfD ahead of the federal elections. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the AfD as “definitely right-wing extremist” since Friday. The reason is “the extremist character of the entire party, which disregards human dignity,” the Federal Office in Cologne said. Previously, the AfD as a whole had only been classified as a suspect case.

The AfD came in second in the February federal election with 20.8% of the vote and won 152 seats in the Bundestag. The party's leaders, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, called the decision "politically motivated" and "a serious blow to German democracy."

The new classification gives authorities more powers to monitor the party, including wiretapping and undercover agents. It has sparked fresh debate about banning the AfD, especially ahead of a vote in the Bundestag to confirm conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor, who is expected to lead a coalition with the Social Democrats.

SPD leader Lars Klingbeil warned that banning the AfD is a real possibility: "They want another country, they want to destroy our democracy. And we have to take this very seriously."


Në përputhje me standarded JTI

Video

SHIKO KANALIN NE YOUTUBE
×