Maximilian Krah

Maximilian Krah
MEP
Krah in 2016
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1977-01-28) 28 January 1977 (age 47)
Räckelwitz, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany
Political partyAlternative for Germany (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations		Christian Democratic Union of Germany (1991–2016)

Maximilian Krah (born 28 January 1977) is a German lawyer and politician.[3][4] He is serving as a member of the European Parliament without a delegation or faction being a member of right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD).[5]

In April 2024, Krah gained international attention when the German Prosecutor General arrested his assistant, suspected of spying for China by passing on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to China's intelligence service.[6][7][8] This and comments Krah made about the Nazi era in a subsequent media interview were seen by observers as having triggered a decision by the European Parliamentarian group Identity and Democracy to exclude the AfD from membership on 23 May 2024.[9]

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ Laschyk, Thomas (1 February 2019). "AfDler erklärt offen, warum sie vom Verfassungsschutz beobachtet werden müssen". Volksverpetzer (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ Volk, Volkssouveränität, Verfassung - Dr. Maximilian Krah beim IfS, retrieved 29 July 2023
  5. ^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  6. ^ Parker, Jessica; Kirby, Paul (23 April 2024). "Germany spying: Far-right party aide held in China spy probe". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ^ Picheta, Rob (23 April 2024). "Germany arrests aide to far-right MEP on suspicion of spying for China". CNN. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ "German far-right MEP's assistant accused of being a Chinese spy". Le Monde.fr. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ Riegert, Bernd (23 May 2024). "Germany's AfD given boot from EU Parliament far-right group". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 23 May 2024.