The AfD and its supporters are celebrating the claim that the domestic intelligence service has "withdrawn" its classification of the party as "confirmed right-wing extremist." The facts, however, tell a different story.

Germany's domestic spy agency BfV has paused its classification of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist organisation in what the AfD on Thursday called a partial victory for its challenge against the decision.

Germany's intelligence service Thursday paused its extremist designation of the far-right AfD party pending a court decision on an AfD legal appeal. The designation was made May 2.