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Top German court rules the country's intelligence agency was right to put far right party under observation
An AfD election poster for the European elections reading "our country first" is fixed on a pole in Frankfurt, Germany, May 13, 2024

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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