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Interior Minister Katrin Lange of Brandenburg, affiliated with the SPD, faces mounting pressure...
Interior Minister Katrin Lange of Brandenburg, affiliated with the SPD, faces mounting pressure following the termination of the director at the State Office of Constitutional Protection.

Revealing the Report: AfD Classified as Right-Wing Extremist in Brandenburg

Revealing move by the AfD minister: Pursuit of sharewright disclosure of specialist views - Senior Official within AfD Advocates for Open Expressions of Personal Views by Minister

Minister Katrin Lange (SPD) announced plans to release a report on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Brandenburg, labeling them as a verified right-wing extremist group. Lange made this statement in Potsdam last Tuesday.

Details about the extent to which the report's foundation for upgrading the AfD's classification can be made public - omitting the intelligence section - remain under consideration according to her office. The report spans 142 pages, with the public disclosure decision expected by next week.

On a prior note, Minister Lange dismissed Joerg Mueller, the head of the Constitutional Protection Office, due to her shock over learning weeks later that the AfD had already been classified as a verified right-wing extremist group. "I am extremely displeased about this incident," said Lange. Critics, including CDU politicians, question her account's veracity.

Lange stresses that she is not criticizing the AfD's professional assessment by the Constitutional Protection Office but rather the manner of handling the matter. She found it unacceptable that she wasn't immediately informed about the classification.

The Context Beyond Brandenburg

  • National Level: In May 2025, Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) classified the AfD nationwide as a "confirmed right-wing extremist endeavor." Their ideology and actions were deemed to undermine democratic order and promote anti-migrant and anti-Muslim views [1][2].
  • Past Regional Classifications: Before the national decision, several regional branches of the AfD (in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia) were already labeled as right-wing extremist groups by German security officials [5].

The Constitutional Protection Office's Role

  • The Constitutional Protection Office (BfV) serves to monitor and safeguard political parties and groups that could potentially threaten democratic order in Germany. The BfV decision to classify the AfD as a right-wing extremist group allows authorities to amplify surveillance and restrict public funding for the party [1][2].
  1. The Commission, in the context of policy-and-legislation related to worker safety, has also been asked to submit a proposal for a directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to ionizing radiation, considering the recent events surrounding the AfD.
  2. Amidst the general news about the classified status of the AfD as a right-wing extremist group, it's interesting to assess how the Commission's proposal on worker protection from ionizing radiation might impact politics, especially with parties associated with extremism, such as the AfD.
  3. Lange's call for transparency in the AfD's classification as a right-wing extremist group echoes in political circles, raising questions about whether other parties, like those with extreme policies such as AFD, should undergo similar upgrading in policy-and-legislation regarding ionizing radiation protection for workers.
  4. The AfD's categorization as a right-wing extremist group by the Constitutional Protection Office has been a topic of discussion in Brandenburg and beyond, but the same assessment might be applied to other domains, such as worker protection from exposure to ionizing radiation, in light of the AfD's controversial stance and policies.

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