The jap German state of Brandenburg has categorized the regional department of the Various for Germany (AfD) celebration as a ‘confirmed right-wing extremist’ group.
This decision stems from a report by the state’s Workplace for the Safety of the Structure, which accuses the AfD of pursuing anti-democratic objectives and undermining constitutional establishments.
The classification upgrades the celebration from a suspected case, a standing it has held since 2020.
Brandenburg’s far-left Inside Minister Rene Wilke (Die Linke) introduced the findings throughout a press convention in Potsdam on August 14, 2025.
He acknowledged that the AfD’s actions present a transparent intent to weaken the democratic state and its buildings, regardless of the celebration’s denials.
Wilke emphasised the usage of authorized instruments to handle the celebration’s so-called ‘anti-constitutional path’ or impose penalties.
The 140-page report particulars what it calls AfD’s ‘xenophobic’ positions, together with an ethnocultural view of the German those who excludes sure immigrants and Muslims.
It highlights statements from AfD officers that problem democratic legitimacy and depict migration in apocalyptic phrases to intensify social tensions.
Contacts with different right-wing extremist teams have intensified since 2020, the doc claims.
Wilfried Peters, head of Brandenburg’s intelligence company, described the AfD’s rhetoric as a direct assault on democracy and the rule of legislation.
He famous that the celebration promotes discrimination and exclusion, shifting public discourse towards contempt for state establishments.
Peters added that not all AfD members are extremists, however key cadres and supporters exhibit fanaticism inside self-contained data networks.
AfD parliamentary group chief Hans-Christoph Berndt criticized the report as biased and judgmental fairly than goal.
He argued that the Workplace for the Safety of the Structure poses a hazard to democracy and vowed to problem the classification in courtroom.
Berndt claimed the evaluation stems from hostility towards the AfD and lacks proof of unacceptable extremism.
Dennis Hohloch, the AfD parliamentary group’s managing director, seen the report as proof of political management and abuse by the intelligence company.
He acknowledged that the workplace selectively targets disliked teams with extremist labels. Hohloch maintained that the classification doesn’t show right-wing radicalism within the celebration.
This marks the fourth German state to categorise its AfD department as right-wing extremist, following Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
These jap states are the place the AfD enjoys exceedingly sturdy assist, usually polling above 30 %.
Nationally, the AfD secured second place within the February 2025 federal elections with 20.8 % of the vote, gaining 152 seats in parliament.
In Could 2025, Germany’s federal intelligence company designated all the AfD as right-wing extremist, citing its idea of citizenship incompatible with democratic ideas.
A courtroom upheld this federal classification after the AfD’s authorized problem. The choice permits expanded surveillance, similar to informants and monitoring, on the celebration.
AfD co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla referred to as the federal label politically motivated and a blow to democracy.
Current polls present the AfD as Germany’s main celebration, at 26 % nationwide assist, forward of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats at 24 %.
