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Frank Brodehl, Member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament, leaves the AfD. It was surprisingly announced this morning in a discussion about offerings in full-time schools. With this, the AfD loses its status as a parliamentary group. “This was my last speech as a member of the AfD and the AfD parliamentary group in this chamber,” Brodehl said in the Kiel state parliament. Brodehl wrote on social media channels that he had informed the AfD state executive that he was leaving the party with immediate effect. The decisive factor for his decision is the fact that the Schleswig-Holstein state association has developed in a direction since the last party congress that is completely unacceptable to him.
VIDEO: Brodehl: “That was my last speech” (1 min)
Three deputies are too few for parliamentary group status
Brodehl criticized the radicalization of the party. He wrote: Instead of helping to establish the AfD as a conservative bourgeois political force, both the state board and the clear majority of the district boards systematically promoted the radicalization of the party. The völkisch-nationalist tone is clearly louder than the voices of those in the party who would advocate a serious and conservative AfD policy.
With Brodehl’s withdrawal, the AfD has only three MPs, too few to maintain its status as a parliamentary group. The minimum is four deputies. The party loses, among other things, financial grants and other opportunities to participate in parliament.
Party was surprised by the withdrawal
The former parliamentary group AfD was surprised by the measure, according to its own statements. Time and again there has been tension and differences of opinion in the party about the political direction. At the end of 2018, Doris von Sayn-Wittgenstein, who is assigned to the völkisch wing, was expelled from the parliamentary group. Brodehl has been a member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament since the 2017 state elections. He is now an unaffiliated MP.
Stegner: “A blessing for Parliament”
The leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Ralf Stegner, spoke of good news. “We just had a debate today on the issue of refugees and foreigners. President Nobis said the only thing missing was the brown uniform with swastikas. That was a real Nazi speech,” Stegner said, adding: “The fact of that such a group no longer has the status of a parliamentary group is a blessing for Parliament, because they can bother us less. “
“It’s not surprising. The AfD has only one agreement: it is against things, not for anything. In that sense, it was predictable,” said Lasse Petersdotter of the Greens.
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