Monday, April 3, 2017

Germany's anti-immigrant AfD scolds Bayern star Lahm for tackling politics (Reuters)

Soccer Football - Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group D - Vicente Calderon, Madrid, Spain - 28/9/16 Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm in action Reuters / Paul Hanna

The anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Monday told Bayern Munich's Philipp Lahm, who captained the German national side to World Cup victory in 2014, to focus on soccer not politics after he said "the wrong ones" should not have more power. Germany holds a general election in September and the AfD is expected to enter the Bundestag national parliament for the first time, a worrying prospect for Germans still fearful of xenophobia in politics more than seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis.


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