{"id":57541,"date":"2024-05-23T22:39:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/far-right-e-u-lawmakers-remove-germanys-afd-party-before-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T22:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:39:42","slug":"far-right-e-u-lawmakers-remove-germanys-afd-party-before-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/far-right-e-u-lawmakers-remove-germanys-afd-party-before-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-Right E.U. Lawmakers Remove Germany\u2019s AfD Party Before Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/23\/multimedia\/23europe-afd-mqbp\/23europe-afd-mqbp-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Far-Right E.U. Lawmakers Remove Germany\u2019s AfD Party Before Elections\" title=\"Far-Right E.U. Lawmakers Remove Germany\u2019s AfD Party Before Elections\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A far-right group in the European Union\u2019s Parliament announced on Thursday that it had ousted the Alternative for Germany party from its coalition, dealing a severe blow to a key alliance just two weeks before E.U. parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IDGroupEP\/status\/1793656087603761431?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on its official X account<\/a>, the Identity and Democracy Group wrote that it had decided to exclude Alternative for Germany, or AfD, because of comments made by Maximilian Krah, the AfD\u2019s lead candidate in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an interview last week, Mr. Krah appeared to minimize the crimes carried out by the SS, the Nazi paramilitary force that killed millions of people during the Holocaust. \u201cOne million soldiers wore the SS uniform,\u201d Mr. Krah said to La Repubblica and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/712a4abd-66b3-4b83-bba1-012d5cc12f02\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Financial Times in a joint interview<\/a>. \u201cCan you really say that because someone was an officer in the Waffen-SS they were a criminal? You have to establish individual guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In its statement, Identity and Democracy wrote that it \u201cno longer wants to be associated with the incidents involving Maximilian Krah, head of the AfD list for the European elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The exclusion of AfD from the group, which includes the League party in Italy and the National Rally party in France, is a sign that domestic troubles for the AfD are starting to spill over into European Union politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The fact that Identity and Democracy moved to remove AfD before the elections suggests that other far-right parties in Europe feared the German delegation had become a liability. There are 27 member states that make up the European Union. About <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/european-union.europa.eu\/institutions-law-budget\/european-elections-2024_en\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">400 million voters<\/a> are eligible to elect the 705 deputies in the European Parliament. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/05\/world\/europe\/europe-far-right.html\" title=\"\">Far-right parties are expected<\/a> to win a record number of votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jordan Bardella, the head of National Rally, reacted promptly to Mr. Krah\u2019s comments, telling <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tf1info.fr\/elections\/video-elections-europeennes-jordan-bardella-sur-lci-l-afd-a-franchi-des-lignes-rouge-le-rn-ne-siegera-plus-a-ses-cotes-2300217.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French TF1<\/a> that the AfD had \u201ccrossed red lines\u201d and vowing that his party would \u201cno longer sit alongside the AfD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Krah\u2019s has been at the center of several recent scandals in Germany. After the party held an emergency meeting this week, Mr. Krah said he was leaving the AfD\u2019s leadership committee. He will also stop campaigning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis represents a significant loss of power,\u201d Hajo Funke, an analyst who focuses on right-wing extremism in Germany, said of AfD\u2019s ouster. \u201cWithout a group, the AfD is even more isolated than it already is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Krah\u2019s interview was the latest of several blows to the AfD. In January, hundreds of thousands of Germans took to the streets after an investigation revealed a secret meeting between AfD leaders and far-right extremists during which they discussed organizing mass deportations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last month, an assistant of Mr. Krah\u2019s was arrested on suspicion of being an agent for the Chinese government. While Mr. Krah has not been charged, the authorities have searched his office, leading to speculation that he might also be investigated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This month, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/bystron-immunitaet-afd-razzia-100.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">police searched the offices<\/a> of Petr Bystron, the second AfD member on the E.U. ballot. Mr. Bystron is being investigated for receiving funds from Russia. Like Mr. Krah, Mr. Bystron has been pulled off the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both men are expected to win their seats in the European Parliament next month, but their power will be much reduced unless they are able to cobble together their own coalition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/23\/world\/europe\/afd-germany-eu-parliament.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A far-right group in the European Union\u2019s Parliament announced on Thursday that it had ousted the Alternative for Germany party from its coalition, dealing a severe blow to a key alliance just two weeks before E.U. parliamentary elections. 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