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Germany puts far-right AfD's 'Wing' group under surveillance

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Racism and fascism Security and intelligence agencies Surveillance
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Germany

16 March 2020

"Germany's domestic security agency will run surveillance on the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) most nationalistic group, the agency's president announced on Thursday.

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The step designates the AfD group known as the "Wing" ("Flügel") as a far-right extremist group warranting observation from security forces.

"The Wing evidently has extremist intentions," said Thomas Haldenwang, the president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution — Germany's domestic security agency."

Germany puts far-right AfD's 'Wing' group under surveillance (DW, link)

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