European Far-Right Moves to Expel German Party After ‘Nazi’ Row
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The Identity and Democracy alliance, a pan-European group of far-right parties, has moved to expel Alternative for Germany, according to the DPA news agency, in a move that will add to the German party’s troubles.
On Wednesday, Maximilian Krah, the AfD’s lead candidate in next month’s European Parliament elections, quit the party’s leadership committee and said he wouldn’t take part in any more campaign events following a string of scandals. Last week, he told an Italian newspaper that not all members of the Nazi SS paramilitary organization were criminals.