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Germany's spy agency BfV has labeled the entirety of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist entity.

The BfV domestic intelligence agency, which is in charge of safeguarding Germany's constitutional order, said the announcement comes after an "intense and comprehensive" examination.

"The ethnicity-and ancestry-based conception of the people that predominates within the party is not compatible with the free democratic order," the BfV said on Friday.

Hopefully this inspires the other parties to to start the process to see the AfD banned. I know the report might not look like much, because of how obvious the findings are. But previous attempts at banning them have failed because such an official report was missing. So maybe our political system starts getting its shit together.

As we say in Germany: Hope dies last

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 4 days ago

YOU DON'T SAY

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 days ago (4 children)

entire AfD 'extremist'

No shit, sherlock, it doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But having it said in an official capacity is still important.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

Absolutely.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Have you even seen some of the mindblowing excuses people have for why MAGA people in USA are not necessarily extreme?
That it's for job security, or because of drug trade or all sorts of weird reasons that would absolutely be valid if they weren't based on falsehoods wrapped in fascism.

I'm actually quite surprised that the conclusion is that ALL of AfD are extremists. Maybe if USA had done the same with Trump, and he and his followers were concluded to be extremists, more would have been done to stop him?

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[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pray they find a valid legal reason to ban them soon now that they can mass spy on them :)

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They won't ban them. Half the German police are members

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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 days ago

"But previous attempts at banning them have failed because such an official report was missing."

Man, this is peak modern society, and the absurdity makes me laugh. I don't mean that in a derisive way, more in a "wow, making democracy work is haaard ". Hopefully this will lead to something positive though, even if I'm anxious that banning a party like the AfD may lead to some things worsening.

[–] nshibj@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

And what will Germany do about it? NOTHING!

[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 10 points 4 days ago

They can mass spy on them now and get a valid legal reason to ban them with proof

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Punch left as hard as possible.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (21 children)

This is what we need to do with The Heritage Foundation and MAGA in the US. The extremes are usually bad whether they're left or right.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

The US has an extreme left? the US has a left!?

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