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German Chancellor Merz 'very sceptical' about banning far-right AfD

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2025-05-15
Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said he was "very sceptical" about mounting calls to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), after domestic intelligence classified the party as "confirmed right-wing extremist." Merz told Die Zeit weekly that it must be proven that a group was "aggressively" fighting against the country's free democratic order for it to be banned. "And the burden of proof lies solely with the s......
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