afd
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been expelled from the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament, in a further blow to the German party. ID "no longer wants to be associated with the incidents" involving Maximilian Krah, head of the AfD list for the European parliament elections in Germany in June, a group statement said on Thursday. Marco Zanni, the leader of the ID group, made a request to expel the nine AfD members after negative headlines about the party in recent weeks, particularly Krah. The move comes after a "string of incidents involving Mr Maximilia...
DPA International
All members of the far-right Alternative for Germany party have been expelled from the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament, multiple employees of the group told dpa on Thursday. Marco Zanni, the leader of the ID group, made a request to expel the nine AfD members after negative headlines about the party in recent weeks, including about the AfD's lead candidate for the European elections in June, Maximilian Krah. The move comes after a "string of incidents involving Mr Maximilian Krah and - by extension - the German delegation of the Group" and their impact on the group...
DPA International
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could face expulsion from the European Parliament group it belongs to, according to a document seen by dpa on Thursday, just two weeks ahead of European elections. Marco Zanni, the leader of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, made a request to expel the AfD after multiple negative headlines about the party in recent weeks, including about the AfD's lead candidate for the elections in June, Maximilian Krah. The move comes after a "string of incidents involving Mr Maximilian Krah and - by extension - the German delegation of the Group" and th...
DPA International
The leader of the Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament has made a request to expel the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, according to a document seen by dpa on Thursday. The move comes after a "string of incidents involving Mr Maximilian Krah and - by extension - the German delegation of the Group" and their impact on the group's reputation, the text of the motion reads. Krah has come under significant public scrutiny following his comments that not all Schutzstaffel (SS) members were criminals. The SS was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and...
DPA International
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has banned its lead candidate in next month's European elections, Maximilian Krah, from making public appearances, following his comments that not all SS members were criminals. A party spokesman confirmed a report in the Bild newspaper on Wednesday that the federal executive committee had banned Krah from making public appearances ahead of the pan-EU elections to decide the next European Parliament. Krah said on the social media platform X that he would refrain from further campaign appearances and would resign as a member of the federal...
DPA International
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has banned its lead candidate in next month's European elections, Maximilian Krah, from making public appearances, following his comments that not all SS members were criminals. A party spokesman confirmed a report in the Bild newspaper on Wednesday that the federal executive committee had banned Krah from making public appearances ahead of the pan-EU elections to decide the next European Parliament. Krah declared on the social media platform X that he would refrain from further campaign appearances and would resign as a member of the fed...
DPA International
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has banned its lead candidate for the European election, Maximilian Krah, from making public appearances, following his comments that not all SS members were criminals. A party spokesman confirmed a report in the Bild newspaper on Wednesday that the federal executive committee had banned Krah from making public appearances around two weeks before the EU election. Krah declared on the social media platform X that he would refrain from further election campaign appearances and would resign as a member of the federal executive committee. The...
DPA International
Police have found the serial numbers of several gold bars in a Berlin home of a far-right politician suspected of having ties to pro-Russian platforms, newspaper Die Welt reported on Tuesday. Peter Bystron, a member of parliament for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is currently being investigated on suspicion of money laundering and bribing. Police also found cash in envelopes and bank statements from the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein, the newspaper reported. Bystron is said to have confirmed the finds to the newspaper, however, Die Welt reported most valuables belong to his mother. Dpa ...
DPA International
The anti-corruption organization Transparency International has called for a systematic investigation into possible influence peddling by autocratic regimes in Germany. The call was made in light of the investigations into far-right politician Petr Bystron of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and reports of possible Russian and Chinese connections of his party colleague Maximilian Krah. "If the evidence is further substantiated, there are several cases of strategic corruption in which leading AfD politicians have lobbied in favour of autocratic regimes in Russia and China in exchange for...
DPA International
A member of the regional state parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has had an ashtray thrown at him in a pub in the northern German city of Schwerin, injuring his head. A 52-year-old man first insulted the politician, Martin Schmidt, just after midnight and then attacked him with the ashtray, the police said on Friday morning. Schmidt was taken to hospital but was discharged again on Friday morning, according to the AfD parliamentary group of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional parliament. According to the police, the attacker claimed to hold left-wing political vi...
DPA International
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら