EU’s far-right parties expel Germany’s AfD from their group
ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative für Deutschland after its candidate’s comments that SS were ‘not all criminals’The far-right German party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has been expelled from its pan-European parliamentary group after a string of recent controversies over its policy choices and the conduct of some of its leaders.“The bureau of the Identity and Democracy group in the European parliament has decided today to exclude the German delegation, AfD, with immediate effect,” the ID group of populist far-right parties said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...
ID group of populist parties cuts off Alternative für Deutschland after its candidate’s comments that SS were ‘not all criminals’
The far-right German party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has been expelled from its pan-European parliamentary group after a string of recent controversies over its policy choices and the conduct of some of its leaders.
“The bureau of the Identity and Democracy group in the European parliament has decided today to exclude the German delegation, AfD, with immediate effect,” the ID group of populist far-right parties said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading...