Ralph Müller leaves the AfD.
However, apparently not entirely voluntarily.
Most recently, the Nuremberg man made negative headlines several times.
Munich - Shortly before New Year's Eve,
Bavaria's state parliament AfD
is again shaken violently.
The Nuremberg MP
Ralph Müller
turns his back on the party.
"I resigned from the AfD Germany and Bavaria with immediate effect," he confirmed on request.
He did not want to comment on the exact reasons.
The 57-year-old has been
criticized
internally for a long time
.
According to information from our newspaper, the state executive had recently
initiated
party exclusion proceedings
against him.
The decision for this was made by a large majority, it is said.
Vice-state chief Hans-Jörg Müller confirmed the exclusion efforts at least indirectly: "We do not provide any information on pending proceedings," he said.
With his exit, the middle Franconian is now before an exclusion.
During the minute of silence for the murdered Lübcke, Müller demonstratively remained seated
Müller is considered an
extroverted and difficult character
, who often stands out in the state parliament through his often shrill appearance.
In February 2019, he received a
reprimand
after a controversial speech
- the first in the
Maximilianeum
for 25 years.
Four months later he made headlines because he
demonstratively remained seated
during a
minute's silence for the murdered Kassel district president Walter Lübcke
.
In the past few weeks, Müller had not appeared in the state parliament and also stayed away from parliamentary groups.
One of the reasons could be an
internal rift
.
In the autumn, the dentist
protested
vehemently against the
abolition of parliamentary
allowances, which had been
resolved by a large majority
and which gave him 1,600 euros a month.
Most recently, Müller is said to have tried
to found
his own AfD district
association - in competition with the existing one.
Group insiders also report
violent attacks on social networks
, especially against Müller's Landtag colleague Ferdinand Mang.
Internally it is said that Mang, who is the secretary of the state executive, pushed ahead with the expulsion process against Müller.
Landtag AfD has now shrunk from originally 22 to 19 members
The man from Nuremberg is, among other things, the
transport policy spokesman for
his parliamentary group and
Metropolitan Commissioner
for the Nuremberg region.
He wants to “continue to successfully carry on”.
But it shouldn't be that easy.
According to the statutes, membership in the parliamentary group ends when the party leaves the party.
The Landtag AfD would shrink again: from originally 22 to 19 members.