Incoming German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested on Sunday it was unlikely the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party would be banned after the spy agency classified it as "extremist" last week.

Germany's soon-to-be interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, appears reluctant to initiate a ban on the country's Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party recently designated by intelligence officials as a "right-wing extremist" threat to democracy.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, a move enabling it to better monitor the party that came second in February’s federal election.