‘Tyranny in Disguise’ — Rubio, Vance Blast Berlin over Move to Classify AfD as ‘Right Wing Extremist’ Party

The Trump administration has accused Berlin of acting in a tyrannical manner after a top intelligence agency officially branded the populist AfD party as an “extremist” group over its stance against mass migration, paving the way for more government spying against the right-wing party.

The supposedly independent Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) — which reports directly to the Interior Ministry of the elected civilian government — ruled on Friday that the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is a “right-wing extremist” organisation. The classification will allow for increased state surveillance of the anti-mass migration party, including observing its meetings with informants and wiretapping of party communications.

In a statement justifying the move, the BfV specifically cited the AfD’s stance towards immigration, specifically from Muslim countries, as being “not compatible with the free democratic basic order” of Germany.

“This can be seen in the large number of statements made on an ongoing basis by leading officials of the party that are hostile to foreigners, minorities, Islam and Muslims. In particular, the ongoing agitation against refugees and migrants promotes the spread and deepening of prejudices, resentments and fears towards this group of people.

“The devaluation of the aforementioned groups of people is also reflected in the generalised use of terms such as ‘knife migrants’ or in the general attribution of an ethnoculturally determined tendency to violence by leading members of the AfD.”

The agency also claimed: “German citizens with a migration history from Muslim countries are not considered equal members of the German people ethnically defined by the party.”

The move came as the AfD has risen to the top of the polls and after it won the most seats in its history at the February federal elections, making the populist party the largest opposition force in the Bundestag parliament.

The surging support for the party has come in the wake of growing public anger over the mass migration policies of successive governments in Berlin and a string of high-profile terror attacks at the hands of supposed asylum seekers from predominantly Muslim nations.

Top officials from the Trump administration, such as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have accused Berlin of attempting to sideline the party for political reasons.

“The AfD is the most popular party in Germany, and by far the most representative of East Germany. Now the bureaucrats try to destroy it,” Vance wrote on X, adding: “The West tore down the Berlin Wall together. And it has been rebuilt—not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishment.”

Secretary of State Rubio commented: “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. Germany should reverse course.”

Germany’s Foreign Office shot back, claiming that the decision to approve wider surveillance on the AfD — which was already being spied upon after previously being classified as a “suspected” extremist organisation — did indeed represent “democracy”, while claiming that the BfV conducted a “thorough [and] independent investigation to protect our Constitution [and] the rule of law.”

“We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped,” the government ministry added.

Outgoing far-left Interior Minister Nancy Faeser — whose office oversees the intelligence agency — claimed that there was “no political influence on the new report” and that the BfV had acted “independently”.

AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, who is in a lesbian relationship with a woman from Sri Lanka, rejected this, saying: “The spy agency works for the ruling government, which is responsible for illegal mass migration, skyrocketing criminal rates, highest taxes, and highest energy prices. Since the AfD is the strongest party in polls now, they want to suppress the opposition [and] freedom of speech.”

The decision to classify the AfD as an “extremist” party does not necessarily mean that it will face an outright ban, which can only be imposed by either the Bundestag or Bundesrat legislative houses or the Federal Constitutional Court. However, the ruling may encourage such a move.

Other populist figures in Europe have faced bans in recent months, including the decision to prohibit frontrunner Călin Georgescu from running in the upcoming Romanian election and the five-year ban imposed on French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, who is also the leading candidate in the next presidential election.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/05/03/tyranny-in-disguise-rubio-vance-blast-berlin-over-move-to-classify-afd-as-right-wing-extremist-party

Fresh after a first round of elections, Germany’s ruling parties seek to ban their rising AfD conservative rivals

Photo credit: Official photo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Freddie Everett

By Monica Showalter

What kind of a government tries to shut down its political opponents?

A night-haunted dictatorship, which is what Germany is descending into, the outcome of its COVID lockdowns, its migrant surge, its self-induced energy dependence, its enfeebled green economy, and its social wokery.

According to a German expat paper, the Munich Eye:

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the entire Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as confirmed right-wing extremist. This decision has prompted reactions from various political factions, with opposition parties such as the SPD, Greens, and Left Party welcoming the classification. In response, AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla announced plans to take legal action against what they describe as damaging and politically motivated claims that threaten democracy.

Weidel and Chrupalla argue that the classification is an unjust attack on their party, asserting that it seeks to discredit them ahead of a potential governmental transition. They emphasize that the ruling represents a targeted effort to intervene in the democratic process and is fundamentally political in nature.

The classification was made public in Cologne, where the Office for the Protection of the Constitution cited the party’s extreme positions as undermining human dignity and fostering an overall hostile attitude towards migrants and Muslims. This assessment reflects an ongoing concern regarding the party’s ideological direction and its implications for German democracy.

In light of the new classification, Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister President Daniel Günther (CDU) has voiced support for initiating a ban on the AfD, stating that their anti-constitutional stance has long been evident, especially as they are already recognized as right-wing extremist in three German states. He called for swift action by the federal government to protect democracy.

Former East Commissioner Marco Wanderwitz (CDU) echoed this sentiment, urging for a ban process to be initiated urgently. He stressed that the recent classification should serve as a clear indication of the AfD’s threat to democratic values.

German after good German came out in favor of repressing the country’s second-largest political party, whose map distribution can be seen here — almost all of economically dreary East Germany went for AfD except for Leipzig and a part of Berlin that went for a party identified as “Left.” Two pockets of western Germany — Duisberg and Kaiserslautern, described in several reports as economically depressed rust-belt regions, also went for AfD.

What it looks like is an overbearing majority party — the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, operating in tandem, are working to stomp out any embers of resistance to their longtime decadent rule, with significant failures to its record — lost energy independence, the release of hordes of unvetted migrants from stone-age societies such as Afghanistan into their country, a failure to enforce crime laws, greenie regulations creating a lousy economy, capital flight and even the loss of old growth forests for wind farms, grotesque social trends favoring sexual perversions, and the COVID lockdown record which did so much damage to the quality of life.

Wokesterism has absolutely permeatede the society under their rule, extending to well beyond the state — note that the German Catholic Church is financed through taxes on Catholics, making it a state organ, and now its outcome is the same as Lenin smashing churches and Hitler smashing synagogues, except that now, the nullification is from within:

“German” and “Catholic” no longer belong in the same sentence for this German sect. This must be opposed and denounced y the Cardinals gathered in Rome and every bishop around the world. https://t.co/IGphChUZ0j— Bishop J. Strickland (@BishStrickland) May 2, 2025

AfD is a relatively new party, has been making steady gains in election after election, particularly among the youth, and now stands on the cusp of being entitled to some kind of coalition-level power as the next vote in the runoff beckons.

As the Munich Eye piece noted above:

Weidel and Chrupalla argue that the classification is an unjust attack on their party, asserting that it seeks to discredit them ahead of a potential governmental transition. They emphasize that the ruling represents a targeted effort to intervene in the democratic process and is fundamentally political in nature.

So it’s obvious the German rulers want to join the tyranny trend in Western Europe, with France banning its leading candidate for office from running for president, and the U.K. jailing internet critics. They seem to want to outdo them all, because neither France nor the U.K. have sought to ban entire political parties, though they may be just upstream of it, heading for the falls, too.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with customary courage, called them out for their anti-democratic activity:

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…— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 2, 2025

He got this grotesque backtalk from some anonymous bureaucrat speaking mendaciously from behind the German government transom:

WOW! Look at the German Foreign Office’s direct response to Secretary Marco Rubio’s post 😲

It seems to me that the people who more align with “extremism” are the ones who are siccing their spies on their political opponents…🤷🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/fSAFh53IVm— MAGA Kitty (@SaveUSAKitty) May 3, 2025

Yes, either they are lying about German history or they really believe the National Socialist Party of Germany during the time of Hitler, with its fingers in every corporate pie and its murder of millions of Jews, was somehow right-wing. That would be the same German ruling parties that support Hamas and import millions of stone-age antisemitic migrants into their country — the rulers of a country whose Jewish citizens are leaving. Who again, are the million little Hitlers?

Meanwhile, a corporate-state type (fascism, again, anyone?) from Germany stated this, which reflects a lot of the thinking of the German rulers:

Compare the statements by Dmitry #Medvedev and Marco #Rubio: What kind of a reality is this, when in parallel assaults against Germany’s defence of democracy vis-à-vis AfD #extremism Putin’s violent attack dog Medvedev sounds moderate as compared to Trump’s Secretary of State? https://t.co/T5OVjqJqQj pic.twitter.com/jBTudHV1dk— Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti) May 2, 2025

Maybe it would help if Germany’s rulers didn’t act like Nazis to start with, give Putin ammunition, you fool

It’s a terrible slide downhill for this once most admired and efficient of nations, the touchstone of prosperity and the example for all. Now it’s moving hard towards dictatorship, a really ugly one directed at the powerless young people and the economically run down parts of the country.

When President Trump questions the value and money-pit expense of NATO, it’s very likely the fact that these countries are rapidly slipping into tyrannies that makes them so unworthy of America’s defense. Should we be defending countries with these values, countries that can no longer change course because they have banned their opponents? That have stomped out the aspirations of their young and turned foreign rapists loose on them? Or should we tell them they’re on their own, we don’t expend billions to defend satrapies and tyrannies against, what, other tyrannies? It makes no sense to defend countries that have decided to become tyrannies.

We are not the same.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/fresh_after_a_first_round_of_elections_germany_s_ruling_parties_seek_to_ban_their_rising_afd_conservative_rivals.html

Reclaiming Britain’s History. Commemorating Magna Carta

Professor Lawrence Goldman is an Emeritus Fellow of St. Peter’s College, Oxford. He is a former director of both the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Institute of Historical Research. He is a director and editorial advisor for History Reclaimed. This lecture was delivered at the New Culture Forum’s first #NCFLocals regional conference “A Celebration of England: Magna Carta and the Making of the English”, which was held in Salisbury in March 2025.

Germany: Islamist terrorist from Magdeburg on hunger strike because women were guarding him in prison

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He murdered six people and injured almost 300 other passers-by, some of them critically, when he sped through Magdeburg’s Christmas market in his BMW X3 car last December!
Taleb ab-Abdulmohsen ( aged 50), the Magdeburg death driver, has since been in custody in Dresden prison awaiting trial. But now there has been a controversy at the prison in Saxony.

The doctor, who is originally from Saudi Arabia, went on hunger strike – he refused to eat for a whole 26 days.
The reason: the psychiatrist wanted to protest against the prison conditions in the detention centre (up to 805 prisoners, editor’s note), the newspaper BILD learnt. According to the report, he was not only continuously monitored by video in his cell, but also observed by prison staff – even when he went to the toilet.

In some cases, women would not let him out of their sight.
The reason for the constant surveillance could be evidence of the assassin’s mental illness. However, it is unclear whether he was posing a risk to self-harm. When asked, Dresden Prison refused to comment on the conditions of detention and the hunger strike of the assassin.

After 26 days, Taleb ab-Abdulmohsen was transferred from Dresden prison to the prison hospital in Leipzig. That was around a fortnight ago, as BILD learnt. He has since resumed eating there and is in a stable condition, says his defence lawyer, Munich-based lawyer Dr Alexander Betz.
Dresden Prison confirmed the transfer of Taleb ab-Abdulmohsen to BILD.

‘If a prisoner’s state of health requires inpatient care in a hospital, he can be transferred to the prison hospital,’ explained a spokeswoman for the prison. This is the case here. The prison did not provide any further information.

Lawyer Alexander Betz told BILD: ‘The first task of the defence is now to ensure a fair trial and humane treatment.’
Taleb ab-Abdulmohsen had been living in Germany since 2006 and had a criminal past. The psychiatrist had already been charged six times. Among other things for defamation and threats. Explosive: he had already threatened to carry out an attack years ago and wanted to shoot judges.

A year before the attack at the Christmas market, he posted on the internet. ‘I will make the German nation pay the price for the crimes it has committed against Saudi refugees.’

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While Islamists slaughter Germans by knife and by car, the German Evangelical Church hosts workshops for all children…except white ones

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By Olivia Murray

While Islamists continue to slaughter ethnic Germans by knife, by car, and by explosion, the German Evangelical Church (EKD) hosts workshops for children, teaching them how to be “courageous and strong” — just as long as those children aren’t white.

Here’s the story, from Remix News:

The ‘Become Courage and Strong’ workshop was only open to Black, indigenous and children of color. However, while ethnic Germans and ethnic Europeans are indigenous to Germany and Europe, the designation did not apply to them, only indigenous people from other continents.

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The Church’s official program featured the seminar as a ‘protected space where children can sing or beatbox.’ The church program for the day states children who attend will ‘develop strengths and strategies for dealing with experiences of racism.’

Yeah, because that’s what Jesus is all about—exclusivity over skin color and ethnicity, catering to progressive interest groups. On the contrary, I believe Jesus rejected wickedness and hatred such as this.

I wonder if this “church” has ever heard the verse in the Book of John about letting “any” man who thirsts being directed to come and drink? What about the verse in Revelation, which reads like this? “And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Read that again: an offer to all who are thirsty to partake of the water of life freely.

What He didn’t do was divide mankind into strata of more and less humanity.

Or perhaps, has the EKD heard of… the Golden Rule? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?

Look at this data, from 2016:

Europe is facing an escalating threat from jihadi terrorism. There has never been higher numbers of attack plots per year than in 2014-16. An increasing proportion of plots goes undetected and result in deadly attacks. More people have been killed by jihadi violence in Western Europe in 2014-2016 (273 people) than in all previous years combined (267 people).

Yet, simultaneously, the anti-white and pro-Islam German government is working to undermine the AfD party, which is surging in popularity, labelling it an “extreme-right” movement:

AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country’s federal office for the protection of the constitution.

‘The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order,’ the domestic intelligence agency said in a statement.

Not sure how wanting a Western country with Western values, or a desire to keep your head atop your shoulders instead of on the ground after Muhammad comes at you with a machete and an “Allahu Akbar” makes you so extreme, but whatever. The German people remain living in a world of race hatred and control, and in keeping with their hatred for Jews, the progressive German pseudo-elites now elevate the Jew haters (Muslim imports) to a place of superiority.

What a tragic pendulum swing for a nation that created Martin Luther.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/while_islamists_slaughter_germans_by_knife_and_by_car_the_german_evangelical_church_hosts_workshops_for_all_children_except_white_ones.html

Historic wayside cross destroyed in Corancy, France – Enemies of our civilisation sawed off the Faubouloin cross in the Morvan

Translation: Enemies of our civilisation have sawed off the cross of Faubouloin in the Morvan.
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The place has Celtic roots: The name ‘Faubouloin’ could combine ‘fau’ (beech) and a reference to the god Belenos, who is associated with light and springs. Three sacred springs have been preserved nearby:

Fontaine du Frêne: was visited for illnesses and weddings.
Fontaine Sainte-Marie: consulted by mothers of sick children as an oracle.
Sainte-Marguerite fountain: to facilitate births.
These pagan practices were gradually Christianised.

Corancy (58) : la croix du calvaire de Faubouloin tronçonnée – Fdesouche

After a mass brawl on a tram in Vienna, they said: ‘Your country will soon be ours anyway’

A real culture clash broke out in a carriage on tram line 52 in Vienna on Wednesday. An argument between a Viennese woman and two women wearing burqas escalated – it turned into a mass brawl.

Although this incident cannot be detected in the press releases of the Vienna Provincial Police Directorate (LPD), a witness reported the incident without hesitation as an “event that I have never witnessed before in Vienna”. According to Bruno M., two women dressed in burqas boarded tram 52 at Westbahnhof between 17:00 and 18:00 on Wednesday. A Viennese woman is then said to have made the comment towards the ‘wrapped up’ women: ‘But that’s not proper’. This is said to have caused not only verbal arguments, but also fists were used.

According to the witness, up to 15 people were involved in this mass brawl. ‘There were swear words that I had never heard before,’ said M., still in shock from the incident. The phrase that is often heard during arguments is also said to have been uttered – namely: ‘Your land will soon be ours anyway’.

Nach Massenschlägerei in Linie 52: „Euer Land gehört uns sowieso bald“ – Unzensuriert

Germany’s Spy Agency Labels AfD an ‘Extremist Threat’

AfD party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla are committed to Germany and their own people. This makes them and their party ‘certainly right-wing extremist’. Photo: AfD-Alternative für Deutschland

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) has officially labeled Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) a right-wing extremist group, a move that may be laying the groundwork for a potential party ban and silencing the government’s most prominent opposition. 

The Cologne-based agency claimed the AfD’s ideology centers around the concept of “ethnicity and ethnic identity”, which is “incompatible with the free and democratic basic order.” According to the BfV, the AfD’s concept of ‘the people’ aims to exclude certain groups from equal participation in society and subject them to unconstitutional discrimination. 

“Specifically, for example, the AfD does not consider German citizens with a migration history from predominantly Muslim countries to be equal members of the German people, as defined ethnically by the party,” the BfV alleged.

To many Germans, however, the AfD’s so-called extremist views are merely expressions of legitimate concern over migration, national identity, and public safety—concerns dismissed too easily by the political elite. 

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, a Social Democrat, immediately endorsed the report, calling the findings “clear and unambiguous.”

Faeser also insisted the BfV operates independently, despite growing doubts about political influence over the agency’s direction.

However, when asked whether a ban on the AfD was imminent, Faeser denied any “automaticity,” while pointedly leaving the door open—a move seen by critics as strategic ambiguity.

Also unsurprisingly, the Greens praised the decision, saying, “The party is not only at odds with our constitution and the free democratic basic order in large parts, but in its entirety.” 

None of this should come as a surprise. It is part of a longer exercise by the establishment forces aiming to exclude the AfD from the democratic process. There is too much at stake: a comfortable status quo, with stable revenue streams from mass migration and the pushing of irrational green policies. Also, as long as the AfD is kept from ruling, the final reckoning with the consequences of the German elites’ disastrous ideologies can be postponed. 

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/germanys-spy-agency-labels-afd-an-extremist-threat/

German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being ‘courageous and strong’ at national congress

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The German Evangelical Church (EKD) is being accused of racism after banning White children from attending a workshop on being “courageous and strong” during its Church Congress in Hanover on Wednesday. The Church is now being questioned about its commitment to anti-racist and universalist principles.

The “Become Courage and Strong” workshop was only open to Black, indigenous and children of color. However, while ethnic Germans and ethnic Europeans are indigenous to Germany and Europe, the designation did not apply to them, only indigenous people from other continents.

“This offer is aimed exclusively at Black, Indigenous and children of color,” reads the program website.

The Church’s official program featured the seminar as a “protected space where children can sing or beatbox.” The church program for the day states children who attend will “develop strengths and strategies for dealing with experiences of racism.”

The Church is not only being racist towards White children with its program, but the logic of its program is that White people cannot experience racism, a complete contradiction of the universalist principles taught in the Bible.

At the congress, former Chancellor Angela Merkel also delivered a speech about climate and migration on Wednesday.

Workshop on ‘Critical Whiteness’

It did not end there. In fact, there was a workshop on “Critical Whiteness” where only White people were allowed to attend, namely White adults “who are not affected by racism.”

However, there is also a workshop that immigrants are not allowed to participate in called “Critical Whiteness.” There, white adults “who are not affected by racism” are supposed to critically examine their perceived privileges. This also implies that White people are not affected by racism and the only group that needs to address the issue of racism.

What is clear from the reporting of Remix News and others is that racism against White people is alive and well, even from their own government.

In France, White politicians have been forced to resign out of anti-White hatred.

Remix News itself was even suspended from TikTok for showcasing a video that shows extreme anti-White racism, including labeling White people pigs.

The Church features a huge number of workshops on racism, climate change, and workshops “against the right.” There is an “interactive exhibition on anti-Muslim racism” as well as 24 other workshops and events on racism. Another 34 on climate change are featured and 13 in the “fight against the right.”

Meanwhile, Islamic groups continue to slaughter Christians in the Middle East in large numbers, including the ongoing massacre of Christians in Syria, which the European Parliament published a statement on, along with top politicians across the continent. However, what is going on in Syria is just one element of a long and ongoing story of ethnic and religious cleansing in the Middle East, which has seen its share of Christians plummet over the last two centuries, often through violent displacement. Much of this violence is also directed at Christians in Europe, including Church arson attacks and desecration.

However, the Church’s narrative about oppressed Muslims and other minority groups would be shattered by addressing these widespread and highly disturbing developments. Those who write about such subjects even face their books being banned, despite the liberal principles promoted by the West.

However, the evangelical church refuses to address the persecution of Christians with any kind of workshop or event. Often, Muslims and other religious groups and governments are responsible for this persecution, and as Remix News has reported in recent years, there are now a record number of Christians being persecuted.

The German Evangelical Church (EKD) is being accused of racism after banning White children from attending a workshop on being “courageous and strong” during its Church Congress in Hanover on Wednesday. The Church is now being questioned about its commitment to anti-racist and universalist principles.

The “Become Courage and Strong” workshop was only open to Black, indigenous and children of color. However, while ethnic Germans and ethnic Europeans are indigenous to Germany and Europe, the designation did not apply to them, only indigenous people from other continents.

“This offer is aimed exclusively at Black, Indigenous and children of color,” reads the program website.

The Church’s official program featured the seminar as a “protected space where children can sing or beatbox.” The church program for the day states children who attend will “develop strengths and strategies for dealing with experiences of racism.”

The Church is not only being racist towards White children with its program, but the logic of its program is that White people cannot experience racism, a complete contradiction of the universalist principles taught in the Bible.

At the congress, former Chancellor Angela Merkel also delivered a speech about climate and migration on Wednesday.

The racist and anti-White workshop programs come at a time when the Evangelical Church in Germany is losing record numbers of members. In 2023, the Church lost nearly 600,000 people.

The Catholic Church is far from better, with the Church growing more political by the year. Recently, a German priest fired an altar boy and called him a “Nazi” for associating with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

https://rmx.news/article/german-evangelical-church-bans-white-children-from-workshop-on-being-courageous-and-strong-at-national-congress/