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.

Germany's Foreign Ministry has responded forcefully to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's criticism of the country's decision to classify the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party as a 'right-wing extremist' organization.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the German domestic spy agency for designating the Alternative für Deutschland party an “extremist” group. Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution,