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 rebuked Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he slammed the country’s intelligence agency for classifying the far-right political party Alternative for Germany a “proven-right wing extremist organization.