Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has banned its top candidate for next month’s European election from making any more campaign appearances and said he would resign from the party’s board immediately
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party on Wednesday banned its top candidate for next month's European election from making any further campaign appearances and said he would resign from the party's board immediately. The public demotion came after Maximilian Krah told an Italian newspaper that not all members of the Nazis' elite SS unit, which was involved in major war crimes during World War II, were war criminals.
AfD's top party board said in a statement after an emergency meeting to discuss Krah's recent missteps that there had been “massive damage to the party in the current election campaign, for which the lead candidate had provided the pretext.” It said Krah took full responsibility and will resign from his position on the federal executive board with immediate effect. It wasn't immediately clear if he was still running for the European Parliament.
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