Verfassungsschutz räknar nästan 40 procent av AfD:s medlemmar till den högerextrema potentialen. Samtidigt rapporterar myndigheten en kraftig ökning av vänsterextrema brott.
Den 30 juni 2026 meddelade Verfassungsschutz att 28 000 AfD-medlemmar har klassificerats som högerextremister.
Myndigheten räknar därmed nästan 40 procent av partiets medlemmar till den högerextrema potentialen.
Samtidigt noteras en massiv ökning av vänsterextrema brott.
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The latest RTL/ntv Trendbarometer by Forsa shows the AfD at 27 percent, five points ahead of the Union at 22 percent. The Union records its worst result since December 2021. Approval for Chancellor Friedrich Merz has fallen to a low of 15 percent.
Left-wing extremists have threatened on the Indymedia platform to storm the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt if the AfD wins the state election on September 6.
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A court ruled that the intelligence service in Lower Saxony may classify the AfD as an observation object of considerable significance. The decision is not yet legally binding.
Stephan Kramer, president of the Thuringian Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has sharply rejected calls for expanded powers for the domestic intelligence service.
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The AfD parliamentary group opened its first democracy congress on Friday at the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin. Participants will discuss freedom of opinion, media and human rights until Saturday afternoon.