{"id":29916,"date":"2024-05-23T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/far-right-grouping-in-european-parliament-expels-high-flying-alternative-for-germany-party\/23\/05\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T12:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:22:05","slug":"far-right-grouping-in-european-parliament-expels-high-flying-alternative-for-germany-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/far-right-grouping-in-european-parliament-expels-high-flying-alternative-for-germany-party\/23\/05\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right grouping in European Parliament expels high-flying Alternative for Germany party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/JCTv7UkoBUTlbNPcEhmKQg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjAw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/ccfc22c2b9dde341c74f465fa8ad7936\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">FILE &#8211; Germany&#8217;s Maximilian Krah, of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party, grimaces during a session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Germany&#8217;s far-right Alternative for Germany party on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, banned Krah for next month&#8217;s European election from making any further public campaign appearances and said he would resign from the party&#8217;s board immediately. The public demotion came after Krah told an Italian newspaper that not all members of the Nazis&#8217; elite SS unit, which was involved in major war crimes during World War II, were war criminals. (AP Photo\/Jean-Francois Badias, File)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>BRUSSELS (AP) \u2014 A German far-right party set for big gains in upcoming European elections suffered another setback on Thursday when it was expelled from a right-wing group in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The Identity and Democracy group decided to expel Alternative for Germany from the group with immediate effect, the Italian La Lega party, which is a member of the group, said in a statement. Alternative for Germany said it \u201cacknowledged\u201d the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid growing controversy surrounding Alternative for Germany\u2019s lead candidate for the European election, Maximilan Krah.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the party barred Krah from making any further campaign appearances after he told an Italian newspaper that not all members of the Nazis\u2019 elite SS unit, which was involved in major war crimes during World War II, were war criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Krah had already been under scrutiny after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-china-spying-farright-lawmaker-c70896770612caa485afded75161fa1d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:authorities in Brussels searched his offices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">authorities in Brussels searched his offices<\/a> at the European Parliament in connection with one of his <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-china-spying-far-right-afd-krah-37d21734c87d3879371dbbae7e028fec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:assistants who was arrested last month;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">assistants who was arrested last month<\/a> on suspicion of spying for China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/far-grouping-european-parliament-expels-151619225.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &ndash; Germany&rsquo;s Maximilian Krah, of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party, grimaces during a session at the European Parliament in<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/far-right-grouping-in-european-parliament-expels-high-flying-alternative-for-germany-party\/23\/05\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}