Meanings
BFV1
plural BFVs
- abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
BfV2
- GermangovernmentFederal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
In 2019, BfV President Thomas Haldenwang said members showed “clear evidence of an anti-immigration and particularly anti-Muslim attitude,” which is contrary to Germany’s democratic principles.
2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Sep 20231 more example
Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany’s democratic constitution, a person briefed on the move said on Wednesday.
2021 March 4, “Germany’s far-right AfD becomes first party to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era”, in CNN, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023
Origin
- GermanBfV“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”
- EnglishBfV
Borrowed from German BfV (“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”).
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