Germany: Far-right lawmaker ousted from committee over anti-Semitism
By DW
16 November 2019 |
10:55 am
In a move unprecedented in modern German history, lawmakers on Wednesday stripped a far-right politician from his role as a parliamentary committee chair. He had made comments widely condemned as anti-Semitic.
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