EU far-right expels AfD

The European parliament’s far-right Identity and Democracy Group has expelled all nine members of Alternative for Germany (AfD) following comments about Nazi SS soldiers


European Parliament seat projections after election 
(Average of polls, April 2024)
                    

Greens/European Free Alliance: Far left
42-56

Socialists and Liberal Democrats: Left and centre-left
129-146

Renew Europe: Liberal
74-91

European People’s Party: Centre-right
172-193

European Conservatives and Reformists: Conservatives, eurosceptics
73-91

Identity and Democracy: Far-right
76-89

Non-Inscrits: Non-attached members
44-54

720 seats
15 more MEPs than in 2019 election
                

Maximilian Krah: AfD’s top candidate tells Italian newspaper that Nazi’s Waffen SS were “not all criminals”
   
SS, or “Schutzstaffel” – main paramilitary force of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party – played leading part
in Holocaust
  

Sources: About Parliament, Europe Elect, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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