The Secretary of State of USA, Marco Rubiohe described this Friday as “Disguised tyranny” the decision of the German authorities to classify Alternative for Germany (AFD) as a case of right -wing extremisma measure that allows to strengthen the surveillance of the main opposition party.
“Germany has just given its spy agency new powers to monitor the opposition. That is not democracy, it is a disguised tyranny”Rubio said through his social networks. The American official also questioned the Migratory policy of the German government when considering that “the truly extremist is not the popular AFD – which was second in the recent elections – but rather the lethal policies of open border immigration of the ‘establishment’ to which the AFD opposes ”.
Rubio’s comment refers to a decision made by the Office for Constitution Protection (BFV)the internal intelligence agency dependent on the Ministry of Interior of Germanywhich this week formally included the game AfD In the category of “Confirmed right -wing extremism”which authorizes security services to expand their monitoring of group activities nationwide.
The measure occurred after an investigation of more than 1,100 pages prepared by the BFV itself. In an official statement, the agency claimed to have reviewed the report “thoroughly and neutrally” and concluded that “The ethnic and ancestry conception that prevails in the party is not compatible with the basic democratic order.”
AfDfounded in 2013, has increased its support in different sectors of the German population in recent years. In the early elections of the past February 23the party obtained a 20.8% of the votesconsolidating as the Second political force of the country and, consequently, such as main opposition force In the new Parliament, whose legislature will begin next week.
Rubio’s statements represent an unusual direct criticism of a senior American official to the democratic institutions of a European ally, and occur in a context of growing political tension in Germany in the face of the progress of nationalist and Eurosceptic formations.
The businessman Elon Musk He also publicly questioned this Friday the German intelligence report on AfD. Through your official social network Xof which it owns, said that “Prohibiting the centrist AFD, the most popular party in Germany, would be an extreme attack against democracy.”
Musk had expressed his support for AFD during the campaign prior to the February general elections. In his most recent message, he described the classification of the party as a “extremist organization” by intelligence services as a step towards its eventual illegalization, which – according to the German democratic system would put at risk.
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution considers that AfD embodies a structural threat to the constitutional order, which, under current legislation, would allow the authorities to request their prohibition before the Federal Constitutional Court.
In response, AFD leaders, Alice Weidel y Tino Krrupallathey described the decision as a “Cit for democracy” and accused German intelligence of carrying out a “Political interference” oriented to block legitimate electoral processes. According to both leaders, the objective is to weaken the main opposition force against the future Great coalition of democratians and social democrats.
(With information from EFE/Europa press)
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