German foreign ministry hits back at Marco Rubio and JD Vance over ‘extremist’ AfD

The AfD party has been condemned for ‘far right extremism’ (Michael Probst/AP)

Germany’s foreign ministry hit back at US secretary of state Marco Rubio after he criticised the decision to classify the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist” organisation.

The spat deepened on Friday to embroil the foreign office, Mr Rubio, Vice President JD Vance and tech billionaire Elon Musk.