US EditionAfter classification as "right-wing extremist" - AfD MP leaves faction and party
- Sieghard Knodel, an AfD MP from Baden-Württemberg elected in February 2025, left the party and its parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
- Knodel left the AfD following the party's designation as a confirmed right-wing extremist group by the domestic intelligence agency.
- Knodel sent an email stating that he must protect his private and business environment, and he viewed leaving as an inevitable but reluctant step.
- According to a group spokesman, the AfD now holds 151 seats in the Bundestag, nearly twice as many as the 77 seats it had following the previous parliamentary term.
- Knodel will continue serving as a non-affiliated parliamentary member, indicating potential shifts in the AfD's Bundestag representation and internal dynamics.
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Sieghard Knodel: AfD politician leaves party to protect his environment – Dobrindt refers to the legal situation
Do civil servants and employees now have to worry about their job when they commit to the AfD? The designated Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) refers to the legal situation. An AfD member of the Federal Parliament resigns from the party.
·Dortmund, Germany
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After right-wing extremism classification: MP leaves AfD parliamentary group
AfD MP Knodel from Baden-Württemberg, who was recently elected to the Bundestag, is drawing conclusions from the party's classification as "certainly right-wing extremist": He has announced his resignation from the party and its parliamentary group.
·Hamburg, Germany
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