German Cabinet Rejects Rubio's Criticism Over AfD's Designation

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2025-05-05

MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - The German cabinet strongly rejects the criticism voiced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the German domestic intelligence agency's decision to designate the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a right-wing extremist force, Foreign Office spokesman Sebastian Fischer said on Monday. Rubio said on Friday that the decision to give the spy agency new powers to surveil the opposition was not democracy......

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