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Maximilian Krah
Maximilian Krah (born 28 January 1977) is a German lawyer and politician. He is serving as a member of the European Parliament without a delegation or faction being a member of right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD). In April 2024, Krah gained international attention when the German Prosecutor General arrested his assistant, suspected of spying for China by passing on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to China's intelligence service. This and comments Krah made about the Nazi Germany, Nazi era in a subsequent media interview were seen by observers as having triggered a decision by the European Parliamentarian group Identity and Democracy to exclude the AfD from membership on 23 May 2024. Biography Krah grew up in Upper Lusatia as the youngest of three children. His mother was a teacher and his father Peter Krah was an engineer, an executive for the local chapter of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative For Germany
Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. It is positioned on the radical right, a subset of the far-right, within the family of European political parties.Far-right: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Established in April 2013, AfD narrowly missed the 5% electoral threshold to sit in the Bundestag during the 2013 German federal election. The party won seven seats in the 2014 European Parliament election in Germany as a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR). After securing representation in 14 of the 16 German state parliaments by October 2017, AfD won 94 seats in the 2017 German federal election and became the third largest party in the country as well as the largest opposition party; its lead candidates were co-vice chairman Alexander Gauland and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
