"Far-right AfD Candidate's SS Comments Spark EU Split and Resignation"
TL;DR
Germany's far-right AfD party bans its lead candidate for the European election, Maximilian Krah, from campaigning after controversial statements about the Nazi SS, and amid scrutiny for suspicious links to Russia and China. The party has faced intense scrutiny and protests, including being kept under surveillance as a potentially extremist party, as right-wing and euroskeptic parties are expected to win a record number of votes in the upcoming European Parliament elections.
- Gemany: Far-right AfD bans top EU candidate from campaigning DW (English)
- Europe’s far right in disarray as Germany’s AfD candidate resigns The Guardian
- Maximilian Krah praises some SS officers, provokes split with French far right - The Washington Post The Washington Post
- German AfD candidate steps aside after SS comments as EU's far right splits Reuters
- Le Pen Dumps German Far-Right AfD Party After Nazi Comments Bloomberg
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