Bavarian top court rules state spy agency can monitor AfD
Key takeaways
- Bavaria's regional domestic intelligence agency can monitor the right-wing populist Af D, the state's top court has ruled.
- The AfD had sought a decision forbidding the surveillance, losing in lower courts and taking it to the last chance to appeal at the state level.
- The Munich court said Wednesday's decision was no longer subject to appeal.
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Bavaria's regional domestic intelligence agency can monitor the right-wing populist Af D, the state's top court has ruled. Several states are trying to implement similar steps, with the opposition party challenging it.
https://p.dw.com/p/5FXgo Based on recent polling, the Af D is the second-most popular political party in Bavaria at present, but a distant second Image: Sachelle Babbar/ZUMA/picture alliance Advertisement The German state of Bavaria's highest court of administration ruled on Wednesday that the state's domestic intelligence agency (or Verfassungsschutz in German) can continue to surveil the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party.
The AfD had sought a decision forbidding the surveillance, losing in lower courts and taking it to the last chance to appeal at the state level.