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

<p>Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence service</p><p>Germany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label the far-right <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/alternative-fur-deutschland-afd">Alternative für Deutschland</a> party as a “confirmed rightwing extremist group”.</p><p>On Thursday, Rubio took to X and <a href="https://x.com/GermanyDiplo/status/1918397874687361199">wrote</a>: “Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition. That’s not democracy – it’s tyranny in disguise. What is truly extremist is not the popular AfD – which took second in the recent election – but rather the establishment’s deadly open border immigration policies that the AfD opposes.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd">Continue reading...</a>