The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party outlined its plans to take legal action in response to Germany's domestic intelligence agency BfV officially classifying the party as right-wing extremist.

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.

The reclassification — AfD was previously designated a “suspected” extremist group — is likely to reignite debate over a political ban on the party.