BDI Head, Russwurm, labels AfD as a "potential danger to Germany's security."
Person A argues against calling AfD politicians like co-party chairwoman Alice Weidel "Nazis," as SPD chairman Lars Klingbeil did. Thyssenkrupp's supervisory board chairman believes the courts should decide. Nevertheless, he asserts that AfD clearly supports right-wing extremist ideologies.
Some Constitutional Protection Offices have classified AfD as a consistently right-wing extremist group. The entire party is being monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution due to suspected right-wing extremism.
In the European election on June 9, AfD secured its best result yet, earning 15.9% nationwide. With state elections in Saxony and Thuringia approaching in about two and a half months, AfD is leading the polls in both states, with 30% and 28% approval respectively, slightly ahead of the CDU.
