Maximilian Krah during his introductory speech as AfD top candidate for the European election of the AfD European election meeting at the Magdeburg Fair. Carsten Koall/dpa
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will enter the 2024 European election campaign under the leadership of incumbent EU Parliament member Maximilian Krah, the party said on Saturday. The 46-year-old lawyer won the vote with 65.7% approval at his party's European election meeting in the central city of Magdeburg. Delegates also elected a Bavarian member of the Bundestag or German parliament, Petr Bystron to second place on their candidate list for the European Parliament. He ran unopposed and received 82.4% of the vote. "We are now the most exciting right-wing party in all of Euro...
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