The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, the second-largest party in the country's parliament, the Bundestag, has begun legal proceedings against Germany's domestic intelligence agency after it labeled the populist anti-immigrant party an extremist organization.

Germany's domestic intelligence agency said on Friday it has designated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization. The agency, called the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV),