German intelligence agencies are to continue investigating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) until after February's elections, security sources told dpa on Wednesday, as a regional court dealt the party a further blow.

For months now, the anti-immigration far-right Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) has been calling for early elections. The AfD has been rising in the polls but they are unlikely to get the power to govern.

A regional leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Wednesday slammed a court decision to allow the party to remain under investigation by intelligence services. The Baden-Württemberg Higher Administrative Court's ruling is "just absurd,

A state branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is to remain under investigation by intelligence services after the party's complaint was rejected by a German court. The decision by the Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court on Wednesday ensures intelligence officials in the south-western state can continue to classify the local AfD chapter as a suspected right-wing extremist organization.