Germany's AfD top candidate in EU vote stops campaign appearances after SS comments

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Maximilian Krah, member of the European Parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany and AfD's top candidate in June's election to the assembly, gives a statement, after an aide has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of "especially severe" espionage for China, in Berlin, Germany, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/ File Photo

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German far-right AfD's top candidate in European elections Maximilian Krah will refrain from further campaign activities and will resign from the party's leadership board with immediate effect, the politician said in a statement on Wednesday.

This comes after he told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica last weekend that the SS, the Nazi's main paramilitary force, were "not all criminals".

Krah said in a statement that his comments "are being misused as a pretext to damage our party".

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