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Top German court rules the country's intelligence agency was right to put far right party under observation
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GERMANY’S domestic intelligence agency was justified in putting the far-right Alternative for Germany under observation for suspected extremism, a court ruled today, rejecting an appeal from the opposition party.
The administrative court in Muenster ruled in favour of the BfV intelligence agency, upholding a 2022 decision by a lower court in Cologne.
The decision means the agency can continue to keep the far-right party under observation.
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