However, his social media also showed that in 2011 he had worked as a steward at a neo-Nazi march in Halle. However, on Thursday the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt had asked the 29-year-old to detail all his activities within the far-right scene in writing by December 27th. In addition he was asked to declare that swastikas and other Nazi symbolism were incompatible with the principles of the CDU. The case had triggered a debate within the CDU about how to deal with potential right-wing extremists within their own ranks. The CDU at the national level has so far ruled out any cooperation with the anti-immigration AfD.

Source: The Local December 20, 2019 10:41 UTC