US authorities places German “Antifa-Ost” on terror checklist | EUROtoday

As of: November 13, 2025 10:19 p.m

President Trump’s US authorities has added the German group “Antifa-Ost” to the terrorist checklist. Left-wing extremist teams from Italy and Greece have been additionally categorized as terrorist organizations.

The authorities of US President Donald Trump has positioned the left-wing extremist German group “Antifa-Ost” on the fear checklist. The US State Department in Washington introduced that three different teams from Europe would even be listed sooner or later.

The “Antifa-Ost” affiliation carried out “numerous attacks against people it sees as ‘fascists’ or part of the ‘right-wing scene’ in Germany” between 2018 and 2023, the assertion stated. It additionally accuses the group of “carrying out a series of attacks in Budapest in mid-February 2023.”

Antifa alongside Hamas, Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah

Groups such because the Islamist Hamas, Al-Qaeda and the Shiite militia Hezbollah are additionally on the US terror checklist. The classification within the USA ensures that members are now not permitted to enter the nation, potential investments are frozen and enterprise relationships with them are punishable.

In September, Trump additionally declared Antifa buildings within the USA to be terrorist organizations – a step whose authorized foundation was unclear, as these classifications within the USA really solely apply to international organizations. In September, Trump introduced that he would ship navy to Portland, Oregon, as a result of town was below siege “by Antifa and other domestic terrorists.”

Groups in Italy and Greece are additionally being focused

In addition to “Antifa-East,” the US needs to declare two different teams from Greece and one from Italy “foreign terrorist organizations,” in response to the State Department. According to US info, these are “militant, anarchist” or “anti-capitalist” teams.

The “Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front” (FAI/FRI) from Italy in addition to two Greek teams referred to as “Armed Proletarian Justice” and “Self-Defense of the Revolutionary Class” have been named.

Antifa motion will not be a corporation

According to non-profit analysis institutes and civil rights organizations within the USA, the Antifa motion doesn’t have a set organizational construction and doesn’t talk clear hierarchies. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution involves the same conclusion for Germany.

Critics warn that the label “Antifa” might theoretically even be utilized to political opponents who criticize Trump inside the legally protected framework.

Charges in opposition to suspected “Antifa East” members

In Germany, the federal prosecutor’s workplace filed prices in opposition to six suspected members of the group in Düsseldorf in July. The Karlsruhe authorities accuse them of being concerned in assaults on precise and alleged right-wing extremists in Budapest in February 2023. The accused are charged with, amongst different issues, membership in a legal group, grievous bodily hurt and tried homicide.

Seven different members have been charged earlier than the Dresden Higher Regional Court, a few of them for tried homicide.

Maja T., one other potential member of the group, is on trial in Budapest for alleged bodily hurt, which additionally occurred throughout the protests in February 2023. T. faces a sentence of as much as 24 years in jail; the trial is scheduled to proceed in January.

USA grades Terrorist group completely different one

When classifying terrorism, the USA distinguishes between globally lively terrorists (“Specially Designated Global Terrorists”, SDGT) and international terrorist organizations (“Foreign Terrorist Organizations”, FTO).

The distinction performs a task within the related sanctions. Initially, the 4 European teams can be categorized as “SDGTs”, however it’s deliberate to additionally classify them as “FTOs”. This must be the case from November twentieth.