Maximilian Märkl: Head of the Identitarian Movement resigns AfD celebration membership | EUROtoday

The head of the Identitarian Movement Germany (IB), which is classed as right-wing extremist, Maximilian Märkl, has resigned from membership within the celebration, in accordance with the Bavarian AfD state chairman Stephan Protschka. Protschka introduced this within the night.

“Mr. Märkl anticipated the expulsion from the party and has just sent me the termination of my AfD membership,” wrote Protschka in a message to media representatives. “Membership in the Identitarian Movement and AfD do not mix,” emphasised Protschka. He will settle for the resignation.

According to analysis by WELT, the top of the Identitarian Movement Germany was a member of the AfD. However, a so-called incompatibility record of the celebration really excludes membership within the IB for AfD members.

“People who are members of an extremist organization cannot be a member of the party. Organizations that are listed in an incompatibility list approved by the federal executive board and sent to the branches are considered extremist,” says the AfD statutes. The IB is on this record.

According to WELT analysis, Märkl is a member of the Bavarian AfD. The “Augsburger Allgemeine” additionally reported. Accordingly, the state chief Protschka had introduced the day earlier than that he had no proof that he was additionally energetic in a outstanding place on the IB. He didn’t declare IB when he joined the AfD in December 2022.

Märkl lately appeared alongside IB main determine Martin Sellner at a extremely regarded panel dialogue in Vetschau (Spreewald), which was additionally attended by AfD state parliament member Lena Kotré. The Austrian launched Märkl as “the man who made the IB great again” and Märkl himself described himself in a speech there as “federal spokesman for the Identitarian Movement”.

A response from Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) to a question can also be revealed on the web site of the Green parliamentary group in Bavaria. The Greens had requested for details about Märkl’s contacts with AfD politicians. In Herrmann’s reply, Märkl is described as “one of the federal spokesmen for the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement (IB)”.