The Supreme Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the right-wing party AfD, and determined that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has the right to continue to classify the party as "unconditionally right-wing", which essentially allows the German Federal Intelligence Service to monitor senior party members in Lower Saxony through intelligence methods, including wiretapping and the use of secret agents. The lawsuit initiated by the party against the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution continues at the court in Hanover. The AfD claims that its classification as a right-wing party was made for political reasons only.