Europe's Far-Right Alliance Fractures Over Nazi Remarks
Marine Le Pen's National Rally severs ties with Germany's AfD following controversial comments by lead candidate Maximilian Krah.
- Maximilian Krah claimed not all Nazi SS members were criminals, leading to backlash.
- The AfD banned Krah from campaigning and he resigned from the party's federal executive board.
- France's National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, announced it would no longer cooperate with the AfD in the European Parliament.
- The Identity and Democracy group expelled the AfD, further isolating the German party.
- The controversies and scandals have impacted AfD's poll standings ahead of the European elections.
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