French right-wing populists distance themselves from the AfD as Krah devalues the SS.
France's right-wing political party, Rassemblement National, has decided to stop working with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the European Parliament. Jordan Bardella, the RN's leader and their main candidate for the upcoming elections, recently made this decision, according to Alexandre Loubet, the party's campaign manager. Loubet's statement confirms a previous report in the French newspaper "Libération".
Loubet had previously stated in "Libération" that he didn't want to sit with the AfD during the next legislative period. The AfD's lead candidate for the European elections, Maximilian Krah, had caused controversy when he made a trivializing statement about the Waffen SS in the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica". He said that not everyone who wore an SS uniform was automatically a criminal, and that there were also farmers among the 900,000 SS men. "There was a high percentage of criminals, but not only criminals," Krah added.
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The French right-wing populists, aligning with Rassemblement National, have severed ties with the AfD, citing the latter's leader, Maximilian Krah, who trivialized the actions of the SS. This move comes after Krah's statement in an Italian newspaper, claiming that not all SS members were criminals, and highlighting the presence of farmers among the 900,000 SS men.
Despite the German AfD's efforts to distance themselves from the SS's historical atrocities, their choice of words and Krah's statement have been met with criticism and condemnation by various political parties and individuals, including the French right-wing populists.
The French right-wing populists, led by Jordan Bardella, have expressed their disapproval of the AfD's stance on the Waffen SS, leading to significant damage to the relationship between the two right-wing parties, both within and outside the European Parliament.
Source: www.ntv.de
