Tysker vil være EU-spidskandidat trods sag om Kina-spionage

tysker vil være eu-spidskandidat trods sag om kina-spionage

Maximilian Krah har onsdag formiddag holdt en pressebriefing om sit kandidatur og sigtelsen om spionage mod en medarbejdere.

Spidskandidaten for Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) ved det kommende EU-valg vil fastholde sit kandidatur, selv om det er kommet frem, at en af hans ansatte er blevet sigtet for at spionere for Kina.

Det skriver nyhedsbureauet Reuters.

Maximilian Krah fra det højreorienterede tyske AfD-parti fortæller desuden, at han vil afskedige medarbejderen, der er sigtet for at have videregivet fortrolige oplysninger fra EU-Parlamentet til Kina.

Maximilian Krah har været medlem af EU-Parlamentet for AfD siden 2019.

Han er partiets spidskandidat ved EU-valget, som afholdes i juni.

Politikerens medarbejder blev anholdt tirsdag i den østtyske by Dresden, hvor den mistænktes lejlighed blev ransaget af politiet.

Han er sigtet for at være ansat i en kinesisk efterretningstjeneste.

Udover at videreformidle informationer fra EU-Parlamentet sigtes han for at have spioneret mod kritikere af det kinesiske styre i Tyskland. Det oplyste den tyske anklagemyndighed tirsdag.

Maximilian Krah har ifølge det tyske nyhedsbureau dpa onsdag formiddag deltaget i et krisemøde med partilederne Alice Weidel og Tino Chrupalla i Tysklands hovedstad, Berlin.

Her er det blevet besluttet, at Krah ikke skal være med, når AfD skyder sin EU-valgkamp i gang i weekenden i delstaten Baden-Württemberg.

Men det betyder altså ikke, at han er sat ud af spillet, forsikrer politikeren.

– Men hvis De nu tror, at dette er enden på mit spidskandidatur, så bliver jeg nødt til at skuffe Dem.

– Jeg er og bliver spidskandidat, siger politikeren ifølge dpa på et pressemøde henvendt til en af de journalister, der er mødt op efter krisemødet.

Der er endnu ikke kommet en officiel bekræftelse fra partitoppen om, at Maximilian Krah fortsat er EU-spidskandidat.

Sagen om Krahs ansatte kommer i kølvandet på en anden tysk sag om spionage for Kina. Mandag blev tre tyskere anholdt og sigtet for blandt andet at have sendt oplysninger om militærteknologi fra Tyskland til Kina.

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