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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13428
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Maximilian Krah excluded from AfD delegation to European Parliament

The AfD party, which came second in Germany, announced on Monday 10 June that its head of list, Maximilian Krah, who had already been suspended from campaigning, would be excluded from the party’s delegation to the European Parliament due to a series of scandals.

According to a party spokesperson quoted by AFP, the party’s newly elected MEPs voted in favour of the expulsion.

Mr Krah’s comments explaining that members of the German SS were not ‘automatically criminals’ led to the...

Contents

EP2024
EP2024: Valérie Hayer believes her centrist group may be weakened, but is essential within pro-European coalition that is “as consolidated as possible”
EP2024: Presidency of European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen refuses to comment on possible additional support from European Parliament
EP2024: German parties are already negotiating to secure a majority in European Parliament for Ursula von der Leyen
EP2024: despite weakened green representation, economic pragmatism should drive EU’s climate ambitions and European Green Deal
EP2024: Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra candidate Ilaria Salis, deprived of her liberty in Hungary, becomes MEP
EP2024: Maximilian Krah excluded from AfD delegation to European Parliament
EP2024: EPP, S&D and Renew Europe grand coalition retains its majority after elections of 9 June
EP2024: OSCE gives mixed assessment of European elections
EP2024: twenty-six national parties have yet to determine their political affiliation at European level
SECTORAL POLICIES
HOME AFFAIRS: Schengen member countries invited to approve political declaration almost 40 years after creation of free movement area
DIGITAL: Meta taken to court in eleven EU countries for changing its privacy policy
DIGITAL: European Commission activates new digital system to combat climate change
CLIMATE: transparency in climate progress at heart of COP29 pre-discussions in Bonn
FISHERIES: European Commission submits proposals for new EU/Cape Verde fisheries agreement
TRANSPORT: negotiations on revised directive on weights and dimensions of road vehicles stall over safety issues at EU Council
TRANSPORT: European Union signs an aviation agreement with People’s Republic of Bangladesh
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: unfair foreign subsidies, EU investigates takeover of a Czech telecoms operator by a company owned by United Arab Emirates
MIDDLE EAST: Josep Borrell welcomes release of Israeli hostages, but condemns number of deaths during rescue operation
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Union announces €150 million in humanitarian funding for Afghanistan
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Isabel Schnabel disputes monetary policy dominated by fiscal policy in euro area
TAXATION: directive requiring country-by-country reporting should be strengthened, according to EU Tax Observatory
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
GENDER EQUALITY: European Institute for Gender Equality launches toolkit for more inclusive European climate policies
NEWS BRIEFS
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Portuguese Socialist António Costa has backing of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro to succeed Charles Michel
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Helena Dalli leads European Union delegation to 17th United Nations Conference on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
SPACE: icy volcanoes discovered near equator of Mars
TAXATION: European Commission establishes new platform for tax good governance
CSDP: EU appoints two new force commanders for operations Atalanta and Aspides
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