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Germany's far-right AfD party expelled from European Parliament group
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23/05/2024
The move comes as a Greens politician told reporters in Brussels that the EU's far-right parties are a "major risk" to the continent.
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Nine far-right Alternative for Germany members have been kicked out of the far-right Identity
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and Democracy European Parliament faction.
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The German political party said in a statement it was taking note of ID's decision, but was
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nonetheless optimistic about the EU elections in June.
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ID said it gave AFD the boot because it did not want to be associated with incidents related
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to Maximilian Krah.
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47-year-old Krah was the AFD's top EU Parliament pick before he made controversial comments
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about Nazi soldiers to an Italian newspaper.
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He said that not all members of the Nazi's elite SS unit, which was involved in major
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war crimes during World War II, were war criminals.
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The AFD removed Krah from his leadership position following the missive.
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Krah responded by writing on ex-formerly Twitter that the statements were being misused
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to hurt the party.
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It comes one month after one of Krah's assistants was also arrested on espionage charges.
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