German party accused of neo-Nazi traits set for EU parliament


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 May 2014

BERLIN (Reuters) - Almost 70 years after Nazi Germany crumbled, a radical right-wing party that critics say shows an affinity for Hitler's National Socialist movement looks set to enter the European Parliament for the first time due to a change in electoral law.

The National Democratic Party (NPD), described by German intelligence as "racist, anti-Semitic and revisionist", has put stopping mass immigration at the core of its election programme for this week's vote.

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