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The far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament currently has no plans to readmit the Alternative for Germany (AfD), despite the exclusion of controversial politician Maximilian Krah from the party's parliamentary delegation. An AfD spokesperson confirmed a report by Politico on Thursday, stating that France's National Rally party along with other ID representatives had made the decision at a meeting in Brussels. Last month, the ID group had expelled the AfD over scandals involving their top election candidate Maximilian Krah shortly before the June 6-9 European Parl...
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The far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European Parliament currently has no plans to readmit the Alternative for Germany (AfD), despite the exclusion of controversial politician Maximilian Krah from the party's parliamentary delegation. An AfD spokesperson confirmed a report by Politico on Thursday, stating that France's National Rally party along with other ID representatives had made the decision at a meeting in Brussels. Last month, the ID group had expelled the AfD over scandals involving their top election candidate Maximilian Krah shortly before the June 6-9 European Parl...
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The far-right AfD's second-place finish in European Parliament elections has underscored the party's growing strength and claim on power, the Alternative for Germany's co-leader said on Monday. Other German political parties have refused to form coalitions with the AfD or cooperate with the far-right populists in government bodies, effectively freezing the party out of power. "We were already popping the corks yesterday," AfD co-chairwoman Alice Weidel told journalists in Berlin at the AfD's election review. "People want us to take on government responsibility." Weidel argued that the party's ...
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The far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) delegation in the European Parliament will be led by René Aust, newly elected AfD politicians decided on Monday. The decision comes after the faction voted eight members to four to expel Maximilian Krah from their delegation. Krah had been the AfD's lead candidate in the European Parliament election, but was banned from campaigning by the party in the run-up to the vote. Aust is the deputy leader of the state-level AfD in the central German state of Thuringia. Krah has been battered by several scandals, including allegations of accepting funds from...
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Politicians from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party came under attack again on Saturday, with incidents reported from Karlsruhe in the south-west and Dresden in the east of the country. Two AfD city councillors were attacked by masked assailants outside a café in the city centre of Karlsruhe. Three people, including the two councillors, were slightly injured, a police spokesman in Karlsruhe told dpa late on Saturday. The attacks happened a day before Germans go to the polls on Sunday to vote in the European Parliament elections and in regional elections in some areas. The ...
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Two city councillors for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party were attacked by masked assailants outside a café in the city centre of Karlsruhe in the south-west of the country on Saturday. Three people, including the two councillors, were slightly injured, a police spokesman in Karlsruhe told dpa late Saturday. The three were treated at the scene. The police detained five people for the time being and released them after establishing their personal details. Other suspected perpetrators fled the scene. The AfD said the city councillors were attacked with a baseball bat. The ...
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A member of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was punched in the face on Saturday by a man at an information stand in Dresden, the party said. Hans-Jürgen Zickler, 70, a member of the AfD state parliament in Saxony, was suddenly assaulted, according to AfD Saxony spokesman Andreas Harlass. Dresden police confirmed the incident. The attacker was detained until the police arrived and criminal charges were filed. The suspect is a 47-year-old man who is being investigated on suspicion of assault, after punching a 70-year-old man at a voting booth, they said. German voters go ...
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The western German city of Essen has cancelled the rental contract for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) national party conference in the Grugahalle indoor arena at the end of June. The contract has been cancelled, a spokeswoman for the city announced on Thursday evening. There were no objections from the district government to the decision, she said. The AfD declared that it planned to take the issue to court. "Of course we will sue. The whole nine yards. All the necessary steps have already been taken," AfD national spokesman Tino Chrupalla told Bild. The city of Essen and the trad...
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Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) continues to gradually lose support among the public according to the latest poll, as it deals with a series of setbacks. In a survey published on Tuesday by the Insa Institute for the Bild newspaper, 15.5% of respondents said they would vote for the AfD if federal elections were held this week. This would put the AfD behind Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats, which is in second place with 16%. The conservative CDU/CSU bloc - two parties that effectively act as one a national level - remains by far the strongest force with 30.5%. The AfD...
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A politician from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Bavaria has been criminally charged with a range of allegations including incitement, the use of banned extremist symbols, money laundering and coercion. Daniel Halemba, 22, was elected to Bavaria's state parliament in 2023. His fellow lawmakers have already lifted his parliamentary immunity to allow the criminal case to move forward. The national AfD party organization has also initiated expulsion proceedings against Halemba for allegedly violating party rules. Prosecutors have been investigating Halemba for months. The fraterni...
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