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The anti-corruption organization Transparency International has called for a systematic investigation into possible influence peddling by autocratic regimes in Germany. The call was made in light of the investigations into far-right politician Petr Bystron of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and reports of possible Russian and Chinese connections of his party colleague Maximilian Krah. "If the evidence is further substantiated, there are several cases of strategic corruption in which leading AfD politicians have lobbied in favour of autocratic regimes in Russia and China in exchange for...
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A member of the regional state parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has had an ashtray thrown at him in a pub in the northern German city of Schwerin, injuring his head. A 52-year-old man first insulted the politician, Martin Schmidt, just after midnight and then attacked him with the ashtray, the police said on Friday morning. Schmidt was taken to hospital but was discharged again on Friday morning, according to the AfD parliamentary group of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regional parliament. According to the police, the attacker claimed to hold left-wing political vi...
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German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering as well as searching several properties on Thursday. Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party's ticket for the European elections on June 9, has had his immunity waived by Germany's Bundestag or lower house of parliament. Bystron described the investigation to the news website Zeit Online as politically motivated. Far-right lawmaker sees some election consequences "The proceedings will be dropped when the election is over," he was...
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German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering as well as searching several properties on Thursday. According to dpa information, the person in question is Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party's ticket for the European elections in June. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, had waived Bystron's immunity. The public prosecutor's office in Munich said searches were planned for Bystron's office in Berlin, several locations in Bavaria in the districts of Munich,...
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The leadership of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party says it is hoping for quick results in connection with the investigation against AfD lawmaker Petr Bystron. "The waiver of immunity and the search of Petr Bystron's office and private premises are a serious matter," said party and parliamentary group leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla on Thursday. So far, no evidence has been presented for the accusations that have been levelled against Bystron for weeks, they said. The parliamentary group hopes for a swift conclusion to the investigation "so that there is no suspicion th...
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German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering and searched several properties on Thursday. According to dpa information, the person in question is Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party's ticket for the European elections in June. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, had waived Bystron's immunity. The public prosecutor's office in Munich said searches were planned for Bystron's office in Berlin, several locations in Bavaria in the districts of Munich, Erding ...
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German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering and searched several properties on Thursday. According to dpa information, the person in question is Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party's ticket for the European elections in June. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, had waived Bystron's immunity. The public prosecutor's office in Munich said searches were planned for Bystron's office in Berlin, several locations in Bavaria in the districts of Munich, Erding ...
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Maximilian Krah, a leading member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is standing down from the far-right party's executive, party leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla told journalists in Berlin on Tuesday. Krah has been in the headlines for weeks following reports of possible links to pro-Russian networks and to China, as well as possible financial dealings. German prosecutors are currently examining whether an investigation should be opened. Krah, the party's lead candidate in next month's elections to the European Parliament, moved last month to fire his assistant, parliamentary aide J...
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Unidentified perpetrators have thrown stones and an incendiary device at the residence of a far-right city councillor in the eastern German city of Halle, police said on Monday morning, in yet another attack targeting a politician in the country. Perpetrators threw stones at the detached house's windows overnight and damaged several of them, it said. They also threw an incendiary device at the front door, but it went out on its own. A doormat was damaged. Neither witnesses nor the police were able to identify any suspicious people in the neighbourhood afterwards, according to the statement. Ac...
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German legislator Maximilian Krah, the top candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in June's European elections, says he is set to return to the campaign trail despite being embroiled in a foreign influence scandal. German police arrested his former assistant Jian Guo on suspicion of espionage on April 22, and Krah fired him following the allegations that the parliamentary aide was spying for China. Krah himself is currently the subject of a preliminary investigation by German prosecutors into potential payments from Russia and China, and whether any payments might have...
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