Germany’s intelligence services can classify the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, a higher regional court ruled on appeal on Monday, dealing a heavy blow to the party in a bumper election year. Germany’s intelligence services had classified both the party and its youth organization, Junge Alternative (JA), as suspected right-wing extremist groups. There are “sufficient factual indications” of the AfD’s endeavours “which are directed against the human dignity of certain groups of people and against the principle of democracy,” said presiding judge Ge…