Former Stasi Officer, Porn Actor and Neo-Nazis: Who Was Sent to Parliament by the AfD After the Historic Election

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The AfD won a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, but now the party is grappling with the controversial biographies of some of its new parliamentarians. Among those elected in the Land...

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Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD's main candidate, reacts alongside the party's co-presidents Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla after the closing of the polls in Saxony-Anhalt, in Magdeburg, Germany, this Sunday (6). REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The historic victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the Saxony-Anhalt elections revealed a group of new deputies with controversial histories. Among the 39 elected are a former Stasi agent, th…

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The AfD's historic election victory in Saxony-Anhalt is already accompanied by a new headache for the far-right German party: the controversial biographies of some of its 39 newly elected members of parliament. A former Stasi officer, a man who has been confirmed by a court to have participated in pornographic films, a conviction for theft, a case of forging academic qualifications, and allegations of ties to neo-Nazi and far-right organizations…

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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is under scrutiny over the controversial pasts of some of its future MPs, just days after its historic victory in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, The Guardian reports. Presented by the AfD leader and lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, in a photo session in the state capital on Thursday, …

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The German right-wing party probably didn't expect that a photo shoot would lead to such startling revelations about the newly elected members' pasts.

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The AfD's historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt brings a number of figures with controversial pasts to the state parliament. Among the 39 elected are a former adult film actor, a former Stasi officer and politicians investigated for alleged links to neo-Nazi organizations.