The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected an extraordinary exchange with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after criticizing Germany's intelligence decision to qualify the extreme right alternative for Germany (AFD) the party as “right -wing”.
The dispute increased on Friday, involving the Foreign Office of Germany, Rubio, the American vice-president JD Vance and Elon Musk. He comes just before the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany and while Germany is preparing to elect Friedrich Merz as Chancellor after the conclusion of a coalition agreement last week.
The American government firmly condemned the decision of the German national intelligence agency to classify AFD as a “right -wing extremist”.
The “right -wing” extremist label that has been placed on AFD allows authorities to monitor the party more closely. But criticism, including AFD leaders and their American supporters, say that this decision is politically motivated.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that the power to “monitor the opposition” means that Germany is “not a democracy, but a disguised tyranny”.
AFD is not extremist, but “fatal immigration policies”, he continued.
Rubio asked that the decision be reconsidered, drawing a brave reprimand from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“It's democracy,” posted the Federal Foreign Office on X in response to the previous position of Rubio. “This decision is the result of an in -depth and independent investigation to protect our Constitution and the rule of law. The independent courts will have the last word. We have learned from our history that right -wing extremism must be stopped.”
In a position on the same platform, JD Vance said that AFD is “the most popular party in Germany” and that the bureaucrats are trying to “destroy it”.
“Together, the West destroyed the Berlin Wall. And it was rebuilt-not by the Soviets or the Russians, but by the German establishment,” he continued.
In particular was vocal in his criticism of the European Union for what he described as the suppression of freedom of expression.
During the Munich security conference in February, he accused heads of state and European governments of suppressing dissident opinions, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.
“For many of us, on the other side of the Atlantic, it seems more and more that ancient and rooted interests hide behind ugly words from the Soviet era such as disinformation and disinformation. They simply do not like the idea that someone having an alternative opinion could express a different opinion or, to God does not plead, to vote differently or, worse, to win a election,” The time, warning that it made relationships with relationships.
Vance then met the AFD co-leader, Alice Weidel, on the sidelines of the conference, even if she had not been officially invited by the event organizers.
