All AfD MEPs have been excluded from the right-wing ID Group in the European Parliament. A corresponding motion by group leader Marco Zanni has received the necessary support, several group representatives told the German Press Agency in Brussels on Thursday. Previously, statements by AfD MEP and European election candidate Maximilian Krah on the SS, among other things, had caused sharp criticism.
The adopted decision states that in view of "the series of incidents in which Mr. Maximilian Krah and thus also the German delegation of the group were involved and in view of the fact that these incidents have damaged the cohesion and reputation of the group", the membership of the members of the German delegation will be terminated with immediate effect. The names of all nine AfD MEPs will be listed.
The exclusion of the AfD MEPs is primarily symbolic, as the Parliament will not meet again until after the European elections in two weeks' time. At that time, the political groups may also be reconstituted.
