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Germany's domestic intelligence agency was on Friday waiting for judges to decide if they could go ahead with their plan to classify the far-right Alternative for Germany party as an extremist movement.

The far-right party filed a lawsuit against the extremism designation and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution says it will suspend the categorisation pending litigation.

Classification opens way for surveillance of party and is likely to revive discussion of a ban.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has designated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party a right-wing extremist group that threatens the country’s democratic order. The move hands authorities more power to monitor the party just months after it took second place in national elections.

Upgrade from ‘suspected’ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last election

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”

BFV says infamous GRU Unit 29155 is running a cyber-group targeting critical infrastructure globally.

Report finds ‘alarming’ rise in extremism, with Islamist groups and cyber-attacks also posing dangers

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) suffered a stinging defeat Monday as a court threw out its bid to stop Germany's intelligence services from investigating it as a suspected right-wing extremist organisation.