Add Germany as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Germany news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestThe nationalist Alternative for Germany party's co-leader said Monday he "regrets" the impression created by remarks in which he dismissed the Nazi era as "speck of bird poop" in German history, which drew condemnation across the mainstream political spectrum. On Monday, Gauland asserted in a statement that he had used the words "bird poop" to express his "deepest contempt for Nazism." He said that "many saw the expression as an inappropriate trivialization" but "nothing could be further from me than to allow such an impression to arise." And before last year's election, the 77-year-old Gauland said the country has a right to be "proud of German soldiers' achievements in two world wars."

Source: ABC News June 04, 2018 07:18 UTC