The temporary injunction shields the top opposition party from a potential ban ahead of key regional elections
Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured a legal victory Thursday after a court ruled the domestic security agency BfV cannot label it a “confirmed right-wing extremist” organization.
The top opposition party was slapped with the classification in May 2025; it had been branded a “suspected extremist group” by the BfV years earlier.
An administrative court in Cologne granted a temporary injunction at the party’s request, pending a final ruling. The court said radical statements on migration and religion by some AfD members were insufficient to assess the party’s nature as a whole.
Federal law grants the BfV special powers to surveil and investigate members of groups it designates as extremist. Such labels can also influence voter preferences. The injunction comes ahead of March regional elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. National polls show the AfD as a credible challenger to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democrats for the top spot.
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