"Far-right AfD Candidate's SS Comments Spark EU Split and Resignation"

Germany's far-right AfD party bans its lead candidate for the European election, Maximilian Krah, from campaigning after controversial statements about the Nazi SS, and amid scrutiny for suspicious links to Russia and China. The party has faced intense scrutiny and protests, including being kept under surveillance as a potentially extremist party, as right-wing and euroskeptic parties are expected to win a record number of votes in the upcoming European Parliament elections.