Brandenburg minister wants guidelines for dealing with AfD teachers:

The AfD was democratically elected in Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; that has to be accepted. And I warn against reinforcing its victim narrative.

— Steeven Bretz, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament, on the political treatment of the AfD.

The AfD is right-wing extremist – but not NSDAP. We are not dealing with a National Socialist party that would immediately establish a Führer state.

— Jörg Müller, former Brandenburg Verfassungsschutz chief, in an interview with the Tagesspiegel (as summarized in Welt).

We are not extremist, we are loyal to the constitution, we want Germany to remain a free, democratic country, and therefore the classification by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is an outrage.

— Hans-Christoph Berndt, AfD parliamentary group leader, comments on the classification of the AfD by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

I have asked Tulsi Gabbard to ensure that American intelligence agencies do not cooperate with German authorities that monitor political opponents. These police state tactics are more suited for Russia or communist China, not for the largest country in Western Europe.

— Tom Cotton, Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, comments on intelligence cooperation between the US and Germany.

The AfD is a party that poses a serious danger to our democracy and our rule of law. From German history, we know how terribly circumstances can develop when right-wing extremists, nationalists, and enemies of democracy attack parliamentary democracy and come into political responsibility.

— Konstantin von Notz, Deputy Parliamentary Group Leader and Chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee, and Irene Mihalic, First Parliamentary Managing Director, regarding the elevation of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.