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 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.

Sources within the ID group said they had sped up a decision that was due to take place after the European elections after Krah’s controversial interview. It was a majority decision, with votes cast through a written procedure on Thursday, they said. ID, which also includes Matteo Salvini’s League in Italy, Austria’s Freedom party , Geert Wilders’ Dutch Freedom party and Vlaams Belang in Belgium, is the more radical and anti-EU of the two hard-right groups in the parliament.

ID’s announcement came as candidates to become the next European Commission president sparred over alliances with far-right parties in a debate on Thursday. The Party of European Socialists’ lead candidate, Nicolas Schmit, who is currently Luxembourg’s EU commissioner and reports to von der Leyen, was sharply critical of her stance.

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