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The AfD group in the Stuttgart Landtag splits
The AfD group in the state Parliament of Baden-Württemberg is broken on the dispute over the anti-Semitism allegations against a member. 13 MP to party leader Jörg Meuthen left the group.
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The 14 members of the right-wing populist party “Alternative for Germany” reacted with your step to the fact that previously in the state Parliament the necessary two-thirds majority for the exclusion of the members of Wolfgang Gedeon is not achieved.
The MP is accused of because of a number of passages in one of his books, anti-Semitism. The physician and author trivialized the Holocaust. Most recently, the group had decided that Gedeon makes his membership for the time being, to rest and to exclude from the group, only after a report on the allegations will be decided.
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Two Opinions
Two reports confirmed, according to a group spokesman, the anti-Semitism accusation. Of the 23 members, only 13 for the exclusion of Gedeons were thus but. They explained to leave the group. It was unclear, first of all, in which group it is in the future, the AfD group.
The well-worn politicians want to initially work as an independent MP, as you told. Goal is to build a new group. Meuthen stressed that a new policy could not be the “rotten roots”. Anti-Semitism should not be in the party.
Support from the Federal Executive
The AfD Federal Executive Board stood behind Meuthen, in addition to Frauke Petry is also the Federal Chairman of the party. “We recognise, as the representative of the AfD in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg now only Jörg Meuthen, and the members who join him,” said the Board. Anti-Semitism had no place in the AfD.
The trigger of the dispute: the AfD’s Deputy Wolfgang Gedeon
The Federal Board also said that he condemn “in the strongest possible terms” the decision of the AfD members, which would have prevented the exclusion of Gedeons. You are accepted to the whereabouts of a member in the group, “whose writings are clearly anti-Semitic statements.” The statement was decided, according to the AfD unanimously by the Board of Directors. Meuthen said at the telephone conference meeting of the Executive Board, ten out of 13 members had participated.
kle/djo (afp, dpa, kna, epd)