#Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he criticized labeling of #AfD as ‘extremist’

“This is #democracy. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that #RightWing #extremism needs to be stopped.”

AfD “aims to exclude certain population groups from equal participation in society, to subject them to unconstitutional unequal treatment and thus to assign them a legally devalued status”.

It also said: “This exclusionary understanding of the people is the starting point and ideological basis for ongoing agitation against certain individuals or groups of people, through which they are defamed and despised indiscriminately and irrational fears and rejection are stirred up.”

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

#fascism #Trump #FarRight #Nazi #dictatorship

Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he panned labeling of AfD as ‘extremist’

Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence service

^{Maya Yang (The Guardian)}