The German far-right party AfD has announced that it will leave the European party alliance ID, as announced by deputy party leader Peter Boehringer at its conference in Essen. This decision was made due to a two-thirds majority vote by the delegates, granting authority from the federal executive board.
The ID, short for Identity and Democracy, is a coalition of right-wing populist and nationalist parties. The AfD had only joined the ID party alliance last year and had previously been a part of the ID faction in the European Parliament. However, controversial statements made by AfD top candidate Maximilian Krah about the National Socialist SS resulted in the exclusion of the AfD group from the parliamentary group shortly before the European elections.
Despite attempts to reconcile with Krah after his exclusion from his group, including an appeal to maintain unity within the ID faction, it ultimately led to this decision for AfD to leave the ID party alliance.
