Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-chairs and spokespeople for right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) have released a statement in response to the news of the German domestic intelligence agency BfV classifying the party, currently the largest opposition force, as an extremist entity, paving the way for a potential ban.
The decision of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is a severe blow to German democracy!
Weidel and Chrupalla said in a post on X.
+++ Alice Weidel/Tino Chrupalla: "Entscheidung des Verfassungsschutzes ist ein schwerer Schlag gegen die bundesdeutsche Demokratie!" +++
— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) May 2, 2025
Zur Erklärung des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz teilen die AfD-Bundessprecher Alice Weidel und Tino Chrupalla mit: „Die heutige… pic.twitter.com/k8bPjekrcg
The conservative politicians questioned the legitimacy of the decision, since the current administration is only four days away from stepping down. “The federal government only has four days left in office, the intelligence agency doesn’t even have a president anymore. And the classification as a so-called suspected case is not yet legally binding,” read the statement.
The co-chairs said the party is being “discredited and criminalized” just before the imminent government change, suspected to be a move trying to break the momentum of AfD that has been gaining ground in Germany in recent months.
Weidel and Chrupalla pledged to fight the decision, saying: “The AfD will continue to defend itself legally against these defamations that endanger democracy.”
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