The northern state of Lower Saxony’s internal intelligence agency will monitor the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party as a “surveillance object of considerable import” on the far-right.
Interior Minister Daniela Behrens and state intelligence agency (or Verfassungsschutz) head Dirk Pejril announced the move at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Edited by: Roshni Majumdar