The event’s organizers were allegedly persuaded by the party’s ties to the US administration, an AfD member has claimed

Alternative for Germany (AfD) had to use “pressure,” including its contacts with the administration of US President Donald Trump, to get an invitation to this year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC), one of its members has told Politico.

AfD known for its anti-migrant rhetoric and calls for Berlin to stop sending military aid to Ukraine, has been barred from attending the event for three years, following the German interior ministry’s classification of the party as “a right-wing extremist” organization.

The policy was reversed…

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