BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for Germany as extremist but possible proceedings to ban the party must not be rushed, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday. “I am against a quick shot, we have to evaluate the classification carefully,” he said at a […]
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Germany’s Scholz urges careful review of possible far-right party ban
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency provided very detailed justification for classifying the far-right Alternative for Germany as extremist but possible proceedings to ban the party must not be rushed, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday.
“I am against a quick shot, we have to evaluate the classification carefully,” he said at a church convention in the northern city of Hanover.
(Reporting by Andreas Rinke, writing by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Rachel More)