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US criticizes Germany for labeling AfD 'extremist'

IndiaTimes Saturday, 3 May 2025 ()
Top US officials have criticized Germany's decision to label the AfD as a right-wing extremist entity, with JD Vance likening it to rebuilding the Berlin Wall and Marco Rubio denouncing it as tyranny. Germany's Foreign Ministry defended the move as necessary to protect the constitution and counter right-wing extremism, citing historical lessons.
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