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Skip next section Bavaria: AfD may be surveilled by domestic intelligence 06/17/2026 June 17, 2026 Bavaria: AfD may be surveilled by domestic intelligence The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may legally be surveilled by the state's domestic intelligence agency (or Verfassungsschutz in German), the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz), in the southern state of Bavaria, a court ruled on Wednesday.
The court in Munich rejected an AfD request for appeal against an earlier ruling, and the decision is now final. In 2025, the AfD was officially classified by the BfV as a "confirmed right-wing extremist endeavor" on the federal level, a designation which permits authorities to increase surveillance and monitoring of activities.
However, this classification was then suspended following a court injunction earlier this year. According to the latest surveys, the AfD is currently polling at around 29%, far ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on 20% and the opposition Green Party (14%). The next federal election isn't until 2029.
Read more on the latest court ruling concerning the AfD here.
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