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Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), met with White House, State Department, and National Security Council officials this week, underscoring the party’s growing ties with the Trump administration, Politico reported.
She was joined by AfD politician Joachim Paul, whose disqualification from a local mayoral race in Germany was discussed as an example of what the party calls restrictions on political freedoms, according to the news outlet.
Politico wrote that the talks focused on democratic participation and election law, echoing JD Vance’s earlier criticism of Germany’s political “firewall” against the AfD.
The meetings also touched on the case of Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former president, who has cultivated ties with far-right networks in the U.S. and Europe while living in exile, according to Politico.
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