US EditionAfter classification as "right-wing extremist" - AfD MP leaves faction and party
- AfD member Sieghard Knodel from Baden-Württemberg left the party and its Bundestag faction on May 6, 2025.
- Knodel resigned following the classification of AfD as a confirmed right-wing extremist group by Germany's domestic intelligence agency.
- He sent an email explaining that protecting his private and business environment made leaving inevitable despite his reluctance.
- Knodel will retain his Bundestag seat, while the AfD currently holds 151 MPs, nearly doubling their prior 77 seats.
- His exit reduces AfD's faction strength and underscores challenges linked to the party's extremist classification.
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Sieghard Knodel leaves the party because, after being elevated by the constitutional protection, he had to protect his "private and business environment".
Member of the Bundestag Sieghard Knodel draws conclusions from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution's report. He explains his reasons for his action.
This happened quickly: Only a few weeks after the constituent session of the Bundestag, the AfD Group loses a member with Sieghard Knodel. He wants to protect his professional and private environment, it says.
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.
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.
After being classified as "secured right-wing extremist" by the constitutional protection, an AfD parliamentary faction and party has left.
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