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 AfD’s exclusion from the Identity and Democracy (ID) group (see EUROPE 13415/2).
The expulsion of Mr Krah from the AfD delegation could allow the latter to rejoin the ID group. A possible reinstatement denounced by Mr Krah. On X, he wished his newly elected colleagues “every success in their attempt to rejoin the ID group without (him)”. According to the politician, this approach is “wrong” and sends a “devastating” signal to their voters, particularly young people.
The AfD won 15.9% of the vote, giving it 15 seats in the European Parliament. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)