Germany’s domestic intelligence agency designated the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party as “extremist,” shortly after it became the single most popular party in the country. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution,

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”

Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist", enabling it to step up monitoring of the country's biggest opposition party, which decried the move as a "blow against democracy".