The AfD: Extremist. Popular. Banned?
Simon Whistler · June 19, 2025 · 24 min video · Europe & NATO
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In early May of this year, one of the world's richest and most powerful democracies took an unprecedented step to constrain and control one of its largest political parties.
In the wake of a hotly contested election, the German government in Berlin moved against the alternative for Deutschland, a hard-right party in political movement that has surged to prominence over the last several years.
According to German domestic intelligence, the alternative for Deutschland, better known as the AFD, was an extremist organization, quote, "ink compatible with the free democratic order." Under German law, it could very well be banned, and Germany's leaders appeared on track to do precisely that.
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Germany considers banning the AfD, its second-largest party, as extremist. But is that a defense of democracy—or a dangerous attack on it? Here's what happened, and why it matters.
