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Germany's far-right Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party is under fire. On Wednesday, an advisor to the AfD's lead candidate in European elections Maximilian Krah was arrested and sacked for allegedly spying for the Chinese government. Krah has strongly denied being involved with the espionage, vowing to still stand in the upcoming European Parliament elections - just six weeks away. This is the second time in a month the anti-immigrant party has faced corruption allegations, with the AfD's second EU candidate Petr Bystron denying accusations he took €20,000 to spread Kremlin propaganda. "A...
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The shock and anger stem from the arrest of an accredited assistant of Maximilian Krah, a member of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) who, since 2019, has sat with the far-right Identify and Democracy (ID) group. The Federal Prosecutor's Office said the suspect, identified as Jian Guo by the lawmaker's team, is accused of being "an employee of the Chinese secret service" as well as "repeatedly passing on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence client." Guo was later suspended from his position. In a short statement, Krah said he learned about...
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An official from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has begun his trial for using a banned Nazi slogan. AfD regional branch manager Björn Höcke has been accused of using a banned Nazi slogan twice in the run- up to a regional election in which he is running to become the state governor of the eastern state of Thuringia. He is accused of ending a speech in Merseburg in May 2021 with the words "Alles für Deutschland", or "Everything for Germany". The phrase is banned in Germany as it was once a motto of the Sturmabteilung, the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi party that play...
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Petr Bystron, who is second on Alternative for Germany's (AfD) candidate list for the European parliament elections in June, denies allegations that claim he took money to spread pro-Russian information. Bystron is being accused of accepting 25,000 euros from the pro-Russian network Voice of Europe. He says the accusations are part of a "defamation campaign." AfD’s co-chairperson, Tino Chrupalla, downplayed the allegations in the German parliament on Tuesday. "The presumption of innocence also applies to Peter Bystron. We are talking about suspicions, allegations. Currently, there is no eviden...
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Germany’s Health Minister has joined TikTok, arguing that the Germany government needs to catch up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) who enjoy a large following on the controversial platform. ‘’Revolution via TikTok starts today’’ said Karl Lauterbach, recording his first video in the background of the public broadcaster ARD. The SPD politician justified the move in an interview with t-online magazine, saying that he wanted to create a presence on the platform to oppose the AfD, which currently has 409,600 TikTok followers. ''We cannot simply leave the platform for the youth to ...
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Swastika's and slogans have appeared on signs at the site of a former concentration camp near Weimar in Central Germany. The area is one where the AfD, Germany's far-right party, has 30% of the votes. Euronews talks to the Head of the Buchenwald Memorial Jens-Christian Wagner about the rise in attacks.
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