The court found that the BfV had “not taken sufficient care” to prevent the information from leaking to the press. However, AfD lawmakers or candidates standing in this year’s regional polls and September’s general election would be excluded from the monitoring. The party has in the past courted controversy by calling for Germany to stop atoning for its World War II crimes. Senior AfD figure Alexander Gauland once described the Nazi era as just “a speck of bird poo” on German history. READ MORE: Far-right AfD party to be investigated over extremist links

Source: The Local March 05, 2021 14:26 UTC