New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- A German court said Thursday that the country's domestic intelligence agency can't label the Alternative for Germany party a proven right-wing extremist group while it considers a complaint by the opposition party against last year's designation.

The BfV intelligence agency announced its decision on Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in May. It described the party as a threat to the country's democratic order, saying it "disregards human dignity" - in particular by what it called "ongoing agitation" against refugees and migrants.

AfD swiftly filed a suit to the administrative court in Cologne, where the agency is based. The agency then suspended the designation, which would allow it to carry out greater and broader s...