Germany defends AfD extremist classification after Rubio slams 'tyranny in disguise'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: BBC

11 hours ago


Germany's Foreign Office has defended a decision to classify the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party as right-wing extremist, after sharp criticism from the White House. US Vice-President JD Vance accused "bureaucrats" of rebuilding the Berlin Wall, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed the designation as "tyranny in disguise".

In an unusual move, the foreign office directly replied to Rubio on X, writing: "We have learnt from our history that right-wing extremism needs to be stopped." The intelligence agency that made the classification found AfD's "prevailing understanding of people based on ethnicity and descent" goes against Germany's "free democratic order".

The AfD came second in federal elections in February, winning a record 152 seats in the 630-seat parliament with 20.8% of the vote. The agency, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), had already classed the AfD as right-wing extremist in three eastern states where its popularity is highest. Now, that designation has been extended to the entire party.

The AfD "aims to exclude certain population groups from equal participation in society", it said in a statement. The agency said specifically that the party did not consider citizens "from predominantly Muslim countries" as equal members of the German people.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4vz9jed5lo

[OrlandoDem2]

1. Hammer the far right in all countries into oblivion! Way to go Germany!

Fuck up the AfD

[travelingthrulife]

2. This may be the only positive outcome with these fascists being so obnoxious.

Countries are seeing the wreckage of their philosophy of hate and greed.

[Lovie777]

3. Hell..................

Germany remembers history and don't want to backwards, unlike shithole musk republicans are trying to do with the USA.

The rate the USA is going, shithole and comrades will be the cause of WW3.

[2MuchNoise]

4. "tyranny in disguise"

Mr. Rubio seems to prefer OVERT acts of tyranny.

[2naSalit]

5. They should tell...

Little marco to fuck all the way off and mind his own shithole country's business.

[Linda ladeewolf]

6. We should be using this to hammer

Conservatives here in America. They are no different. They are extremists.

[not fooled]

7. AKA "We know whereof we speak and we aren't as stupid as you."

Imagine accurately describing RW fascism and saying no. Apparently too threatening for the couch f*cker and the rest of the Nazi enablers in the U.S.

[PortTack]

8. Germany has a message for you little markie....FUCK OFF!

[thought crime]

9. There is no question where this administration derives inspiration

This bunch is using the Nazi playbook, both here and in Europe. The best hope is a massive backlash, that appears to have happened in the Canadian and Australian elections. Also in Finnish local elections. We need to be on that list, but in the meantime things like attendance at Bernie-AOC rallies and protests are a proxy for an election. It shows the world we will not go quietly.

[tornado34jh]

10. I would think Germany of all countries in Europe would know a thing or two about right wing extremism

Vance and Rubio (also Musk don't forget because he supported them), don't know what they're talking about. I bet you none of them have visited Germany.

[Martin68]

11. Rubio defending white supremacist Nazis? I thought I'd seen everything. Is he really that stupid?

[Javaman]

12. Robot Rubio repeats his preprogrammed response nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he panned labeling of AfD as 'extremist'

Rubio is defending nazis.

Link to tweet

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party as a “confirmed rightwing extremist group”.

On Thursday, Rubio took to X and wrote: “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.”

Rubio went on to say: “Germany should reverse course.”

In a response on X, the German foreign ministry pushed back against the US secretary of state, saying: “This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”

Germany’s response to Rubio comes after its domestic intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), designated the AfD as a “confirmed rightwing extremist” force on Friday.


The BfV’s decision marks a step up from its previous designation of the country’s anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin and largest opposition party as a “suspected” threat to Germany’s democratic order. According to the BfV, the AfD’s xenophobic stances based on an “ethnic-ancestry-based understanding” of German identity are “incompatible with the free democratic basic order” as indicated by the country’s constitution.

[blue-wave]

14. So Marco

You're saying that you don't understand that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction? Sometimes in politics, there is an even greater opposite reaction. Like when Castro and the communists overthrew the Batista regime in Cuba. Some people never learn.