Germany’s intelligence services may classify the youth organization of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a confirmed extremist movement, a regional court announced on Tuesday. The Cologne Administrative Court made the ruling the previous day. The verdict is not yet legally binding, as the AfD and its youth organization can lodge an appeal against it with a higher court in the state of North Rhine Westphalia, where Cologne is located. Germany’s intelligence services had previously classified the youth organization as a suspected case.