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New German gov’t to consider whether to seek ban on AfD, says incoming minister

By Reuters 2 May 2025, 5:59 pm 2 Edit
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel, second from left, and other top party officials applaud after German television publishes the first exit polls in the German general elections, during the electoral evening in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. (Soeren Stache / Pool / AFP)
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party candidate for chancellor Alice Weidel, second from left, and other top party officials applaud after German television publishes the first exit polls in the German general elections, during the electoral evening in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2025. (Soeren Stache / Pool / AFP)

German authorities under the incoming government are to review whether to launch an effort to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party after it was classified as extremist, Social Democrat leader Lars Klingbeil tells the Bild newspaper on Friday.

“The AfD is an attack on Germany,” Klingbeil, who is set to become finance minister in the next government, tells Bild. “They want a different country, they want to destroy our democracy. And we must take that very seriously.”

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