German Intelligence Agency Places Populist Right-Wing Party AfD under State Surveillance

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The BfV is investigating the party as a “suspected case” of “far-right extremism” The entirety of the populist right-wing party AfD has been placed under surveillance by Germany’s state intelligence agency, only months before national elections. Several German outlets announced on Wednesday the decision by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the country’s domestic intelligence agency, …