AfD: Maximilian Krah is running for the Bundestag

AfD MEP Maximilian Krah is serious about his plans to move to the Bundestag: In Rochlitz, Saxony, the Dresden native was nominated as a direct candidate for the upcoming federal election on Wednesday evening, as confirmed by the AfD. “Zeit Online” and “Sächsische Zeitung” reported on it. Accordingly, Krah is running in the Bundestag constituency of Chemnitz surrounding area – Erzgebirgskreis II.

This is also the constituency of CDU politician Marco Wanderwitz, who is at the head of the Bundestag politicians who are campaigning for an AfD ban. Wanderwitz is no longer running for the next Bundestag. He justified this with increasing hostility towards himself.

Krah himself thanked the AfD members in the Chemnitz area/Southern Ore Mountains for their trust on Platform “Zeit Online” also published videos of Krah’s speech from the installation event in Rochlitz. “We want to respect our parents, we want to honor our ancestors. They were not criminals. And we are proud Saxons and Germans,” he said.

The plans of the politician, who is also controversial in the AfD, to move from Brussels to Berlin had been known for a long time. He said in “Welt am Sonntag” that the situation had changed because he was not included in the AfD delegation in the EU Parliament and in the joint far-right faction with other European parties.

Krah was only re-elected to the EU Parliament in June. Previously, he had been in the headlines for weeks and had put the AfD leaders in need of explanation. The background was sometimes shrill public appearances and reports about suspected Russia and China connections. In an Italian newspaper, Krah also made statements about the National Socialist SS that were perceived as relativizing. The new AfD delegation did not accept the Saxon into its ranks after the election, and he is also not a member of the far-right faction in parliament that the AfD had formed.