German court upholds extremist classification for far-right party


FILE PHOTO: Election campaign posters of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the upcoming 2024 European and municipal elections, are seen in Dresden, Germany, May 12, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

MUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) - A German high court on Monday ruled that domestic security services could continue to treat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a potentially extremist party, meaning they retain the right to subject it to surveillance, including wiretapping.

The ruling by the higher administrative court in Muenster upholds an earlier finding by a Cologne lower court. No further appeal on the facts of the case is possible.

(Reporting by Elke Ahlswede, writing by Thomas Escritt)

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