Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz

The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) is Germany's domestic intelligence agency, responsible for monitoring and protecting the country against threats to its constitutional order, including extremism and terrorism. Recently, the BfV made headlines when it briefly classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as 'secured right-wing extremist' before retracting the statement, leading to public and political debate about the agency's assessments and the implications for the AfD's status in German politics.