Washington, May 2, 2025 (AFP) - Rubio slams German 'tyranny' over extremist label on AfD

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday denounced Germany's designation of its far-right AfD party as an extremist group, calling the move "tyranny in disguise." Germany's domestic intelligence service, in designating the AfD as an extremist group, handed authorities greater powers to monitor it and fueled calls for the party to be banned. "Germany just gave its spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition," Rubio said in a post on X. "Tha......

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