AfD politician Krah is a direct candidate for the Bundestag

Krah also controversial in the AfD

The plans of the politician, who is also controversial in the AfD, to move from Brussels to Berlin had been known for some time. He had said in the newspaper "Welt am Sonntag" that the battle situation had changed because he had not been included in the AfD delegation in the EU Parliament and in the joint far-right group with other European parties.

Weeks of negative headlines in the European election campaign

Krah was only re-elected to the EU Parliament in June. Prior to this, he had been in the headlines for weeks, leaving AfD leaders in need of an explanation. The background to this were some shrill public appearances and reports about suspected links to Russia and China as well as investigations into an ex-employee for alleged espionage for China. In an Italian newspaper, Krah had also made statements about the National Socialist SS that were perceived as relativizing. The new AfD delegation did not accept the Saxon into its ranks after the election, nor does he belong to the far-right parliamentary group that the AfD had formed.

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