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The AfD parliamentary group has withdrawn the ability to speak for three months from two members of the Bundestag who were involved in the incidents with troublemakers a week ago.
A spokesman for the party announced that the parliamentary group leadership would not accept any speech proposals for Petr Bystron and Udo Hemmelgarn until the end of February.
The AFP news agency reports that questions from the two of them in plenary should also be prevented.
Last Wednesday, the two MPs invited visitors who then harassed, harassed and insulted parliamentarians during the debate on the Infection Protection Act.
Exclusion from committees has only been threatened so far
The faction leadership accused them of "behavior that was harmful to the faction".
If this continues, the parliamentary group executive will propose to vote them out of the committees on which they sit.
The decision was met with broad approval in the group meeting, it said.
Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) had the administration examine all legal options to take action against the troublemakers and those who gave them access to the Bundestag.
According to the federal administration, a result is not yet available.
It is still being determined, said a spokesman on request.
A decision on sanctions against certain people can only be made after these investigations have been completed.
Politicians from the Union meanwhile also demanded consequences.
From the point of view of CSU boss Markus Söder, the security authorities should better illuminate the network between the AfD and the so-called lateral thinker movement.
CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt initiated a discussion about the rules of procedure of the parliament with the aim of keeping AfD members away from important posts.
"Attack on the Free Mandate"
The MPs of all parties had recently dealt with the incidents in a debate.
The managing director of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group, Michael Grosse-Brömer, had described the disruptive action as an "attack on the free mandate" and on democracy.
Green politician Britta Haßelmann spoke after an apology by the AfD parliamentary group leader Alexander Gauland of excuses "with a double bottom."
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