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Joachim Steinhöfel: German government “deliberately deceived the public”
Public ^ | 05/15/2025 | Michael Shellenberger

Posted on 05/15/2025 7:26:49 PM PDT by Az Joe

Top spy agency withdraws “extremist” label on AfD political party in widening scandal

Last week, the German government officially designated the opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “confirmed extremist” organization. The announcement came from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, and was endorsed by outgoing Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who claimed the party posed a fundamental threat to democracy. The designation opened the door to enhanced surveillance, undercover infiltration, and a potential party ban. But Faeser provided no evidence to the public, just a press release about the 1,100-page report.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afd; extremist; germany
Then, on Wednesday, the BfV abruptly withdrew the extremist label. “The BfV will now monitor the party only as a ‘suspected case,’” wrote Politico, “a lower-tier designation that still allows surveillance, but under stricter judicial oversight.”
1 posted on 05/15/2025 7:26:49 PM PDT by Az Joe
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To: Az Joe

this will end well


2 posted on 05/15/2025 7:33:20 PM PDT by onona
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To: Az Joe

Well that’s new. The German government has never deliberately deceived the German people before.


3 posted on 05/15/2025 7:41:01 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Az Joe

government deceiving its citizens?

IMAGINE THAT!

Deception, lies, distortions, and cover-ups all from government?

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness... Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.”
George Orwell


4 posted on 05/15/2025 7:41:39 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Az Joe

The public doesn’t seem to mind when government deceives it. Otherwise every government hack associated with the Covid mandates would be in the unemployment line.


5 posted on 05/15/2025 10:21:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

BTTT


6 posted on 05/16/2025 12:39:02 AM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: Az Joe

Who do they think they are, Democrats?


7 posted on 05/16/2025 4:47:51 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This TagliCanne CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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