The German far-right party AfD has “
committed
” to “
providing in writing
” “
clarifications
” about its positions, particularly after having advocated a form of “remigration” of certain citizens, the president of the AfD said on Sunday. National rally Jordan Bardella.
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With the head of deputies RN Marine Le Pen, “
we decided to speak with Alice Weidel, who is one of the two co-presidents of this political movement, to express our disagreement with this measure which consists of withdrawing the nationality to people who would have acquired nationality based on this or that origin or based on this or that religious affiliation
,” explained Mr. Bardella on BFMTV, referring to a dinner held last Tuesday.
“
She gave us a certain number of clarifications which she undertook to provide us in writing
,” continued the boss of the RN.
According to the MEP, Ms Weidel "
denies (...) that the position of her political movement is to withdraw nationality from people who would have acquired it on the grounds that they are of foreign origin
".
The scandal arose after the revelation of a meeting which took place in November near Berlin with several leaders of Alternative für Deutschland ("
Alternative for Germany
", AfD), during which a plan for mass expulsion of foreign people or of foreign origin had been discussed.
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Marine Le Pen “totally disagrees” with the idea of “remigration”
The affair provoked large-scale demonstrations against the far right throughout Germany.
And Marine Le Pen raised her voice by saying she “
totally disagreed
” with this idea.
In the European Parliament, RN and AfD sit in the same group - Identity and Democracy (ID) - where they have 18 and 10 seats respectively, out of 63 members.
The German ally also received around 23% of voting intentions for the European elections, and as many potential troops to constitute a large “
nationalist
” group in the Strasbourg hemicycle, as desired by the RN.
But “
either the AfD is required, or it is not
,” warned Marine Le Pen, warning that she does not want to “
spend the European electoral campaign reacting to what the AfD says or does AfD
”.
“
They are our allies, in any case until proven otherwise, of course
,” Mr. Bardella evaded on Sunday.