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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Emma CHARLTON

SHOCKING: Germany s far right afd cast out by eu partners - What They Never Told You

Maximilian Krah, the lead candidate for the AfD party in upcoming EU polls, is embroiled in a string of scandals (Credit: AFP)

Germany's AfD party was expelled Thursday from its far-right group within the European Parliament after a series of scandals involving a high-profile lawmaker, in the closing stretch of an EU election race in which the radical right is riding high.

France's National Rally (RN) and Italy's League -- both partners to the Alternative for Germany (AfD) within the parliament's hard-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group -- have been scrambling to distance themselves from the party and its embattled lawmaker, Maximilian Krah.

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