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Germany's AfD Bans Top Candidate from Campaigning Over SS Comment

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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's top candidate, Maximilian Krah, has been banned from campaigning by the party's federal steering committee due to his comments on the Nazi SS. Krah stated that not all SS officers were criminals, which sparked widespread outrage and criticism. The AfD's leadership had initially defended Krah, but ultimately decided to ban him from public appearances. The Rassemblement National (RN) party in France, led by Marine Le Pen, has distanced itself from the AfD, stating that it will no longer sit with them in the next mandate. Le Pen had been preparing to make this decision official, citing the need for a "clean break" from the AfD.

  1. Maximilian Krah
    Bundestag
    1. I will never say that anyone who wears an SS uniform is automatically a criminal. There were also many farmers among the 900,000 SS men. There was certainly a high percentage of criminals, but not just criminals.
    2. If we are expelled, I doubt they will manage to reach the number of seven countries required to form a group.
    3. I will never say that everyone who wore an SS uniform was automatically a criminal.
    4. One million soldiers wore the SS uniform. Can you really say that because someone was an officer in the Waffen-SS they were a criminal?
  2. DE
    Daniel Freund
    Alliance 90/The Greens
    1. Le Pen didn't just find out yesterday that AfD is an extreme right-wing party. She knew for years. Le Pen realized that hanging out with AfD will be the major obstacle to posts and power after the EU elections.
  3. FR
    Jordan Bardella
    National Rally
    1. I think that the AfD, with whom we have worked together in the European Parliament for five years, has crossed lines that are red lines for me.
  4. FR
    Marine Le Pen
    National Rally
    1. A movement that has fallen under the sway of its most radical fringe no longer seems to me to be a reliable and suitable ally.
    2. The AfD goes from provocation to provocation. Now it's no longer time to distance ourselves – it's time to make a clean break with this movement.
  5. DE
    Oliver Lembcke
    University of Bochum
    1. The permanent running away, disinviting and marginalizing of the AfD, and always the same phrases regarding the risks, has allowed Höcke to develop into some kind of magician or dark lord.
  6. GB
    Mujtaba Rahman
    Eurasia Group
    1. This shows Le Pen doesn't care about EU or the game in Brussels.
    2. All she wants to do is polish her domestic image in France. It's all about domestic politics.

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.Le Monde
  4. 4.Daily Sabah
  5. 5.DW News
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.The Washington Post
  8. 8.Al Jazeera
  9. 9.Bild
  10. 10.Correctiv
  11. 11.Der Spiegel
  12. 12.Deutsche Welle

perspectives

  1. 1.Election
  2. 2.Immigration to Europe
  3. 3.France under Emmanuel Macron
  4. 4.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  5. 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
  6. 6.European defense
  7. 7.French Politics
  8. 8.European Energy Market
  9. 9.BREXIT
  10. 10.National Debt
  11. 11.Enlargement of the European Union
  12. 12.Schengen Area

countries

  1. 1.AustriaAT
  2. 2.BelgiumBE
  3. 3.BelarusBY
  4. 4.ChinaCN
  5. 5.CzechiaCZ
  6. 6.GermanyDE
  7. 7.SpainES
  8. 8.FinlandFI
  9. 9.FranceFR
  10. 10.ItalyIT
  11. 11.NetherlandsNL
  12. 12.PolandPL

organizations

  1. 1.Alternative for GermanyDE
  2. 2.European Union
  3. 3.National RallyFR
  4. 4.EU Parliament
  5. 5.Identity and Democracy group
  6. 6.Association of German Journalists
  7. 7.Austrian Freedom PartyAT
  8. 8.BKM
  9. 9.Bundesamt für VerfassungsschutzDE
  10. 10.Christian Democratic Union
  11. 11.DJV
  12. 12.Elysée PalaceFR

persons

  1. 1.Maximilian Krah
  2. 2.Marine Le PenFR
  3. 3.Petr Bystron
  4. 4.Alexandre Loubet
  5. 5.Jordan BardellaFR
  6. 6.Adolf Hitler
  7. 7.Andrey YermakUA
  8. 8.Björn HöckeDE
  9. 9.Bodo Ramelow
  10. 10.Daniel FreundDE
  11. 11.Dmitry PeskovRU
  12. 12.Elly SchleinIT

technicals

  1. 1.Nazism
  2. 2.Basic Law
  3. 3.Nazi SS
  4. 4.Schutzstaffel
  5. 5.Sturmabteilung
  6. 6.World War II