In a recent Head to Head interview, Mehdi Hasan challenged AfD MP Maximilian Krah over the party’s hardline immigration agenda, including “remigration,” Muslim communities in Germany, and whether the AfD should be regarded as extremist. The discussion also featured Gerald Knaus, chairman of the Berlin-based European Stability Initiative.
The AfD rejects accusations that it threatens Germany’s multicultural democracy. But critics argue its anti-immigration and pro-deportation message has pushed German politics sharply to the right. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency previously classified the AfD as a confirmed right-wing extremist force, a designation the party dismissed as politically motivated.
