BERLIN (AP) — German media outlets are reporting that the country’s domestic intelligence agency has put the opposition Alternative for Germany party under observation due to suspicion of extreme right sympathies. The move by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, known by the initials BfV, comes more than two years after it announced it was examining public comments by party members and links to extremist groups more closely. The Interior Ministry, which oversees the agency, said it could neither confirm nor deny details of the move. AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla accused the BfV of leaking the information to the media in an attempt to influence opinion about the party. Germany is holding a national election on Sept. 26.
Far-right party draws scrutiny from Germany’s intel agency
