British politician Nigel Farage, former leader of the UKIP and deputy party leader of the AFD Beatrix von Storch attend a press conference during an election campaign event of Germany's anti-Islam, anBritain's former UKIP party leader Nigel Farage on Friday said Germans should lead a revolt against Brussels as he joined a campaign rally of the anti-immigration and eurosceptic AfD party. Farage said he was amazed Brexit had barely figured in debates between Chancellor Angela Merkel and her centre left challenger Martin Schulz, the former European Parliament president, whom he labelled "a pro-EU fanatic", ahead of September 24 elections. Farage insisted he was at the Alternative for Germany (AfD) event at the "personal invitation" of his fellow European Parliament member, the AfD's Beatrix von Storch, the granddaughter of Hitler's finance minister Lutz von Krosigk. But Farage charged that Germany "hasn't had the debate" about Europe and "about breaking the closed shop" of EU bureaucrats. 'Opposition voice'Von Storch -- whose party opposes "the United States of Europe" and wants Germany to introduce Swiss-style referendums -- hailed Farage for "showing that doing the impossible is possible".

Source: The Local September 08, 2017 16:07 UTC