{"id":40841,"date":"2025-12-15T13:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/scandal-in-the-bundestag-afd-mp-accused-of-using-banned-nazi-salute\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:31:36","slug":"scandal-in-the-bundestag-afd-mp-accused-of-using-banned-nazi-salute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/scandal-in-the-bundestag-afd-mp-accused-of-using-banned-nazi-salute\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal in the Bundestag: AfD MP accused of using banned Nazi salute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German prosecutor&#039;s office has filed charges against far-right MP Matthias Moosdorf of the AfD. He was allegedly caught performing a banned Nazi salute in the Bundestag in June 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F12%2F15%2F1765805085-4121-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Scandal in the Bundestag: AfD MP accused of using banned Nazi salute\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A political scandal is unfolding in Germany: prosecutors have charged far-right MP Matthias Moosdorf (Alternative for Germany party, AfD) after he was allegedly caught performing a banned Nazi salute in the Bundestag building. This was reported by DPA, writes UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>The 60-year-old MP from Saxony is accused of using symbols of unconstitutional organizations. According to the investigation, in June 2023, Moosdorf allegedly greeted a party colleague with a banned gesture, clicking his heels. The alleged incident occurred in the cloakroom near the eastern entrance to the Reichstag.<\/p>\n<p>Sahra Wagenknecht, who criticized Germany for supporting Ukraine, is leaving her post as head of the left-populist BSW party.10.11.25, 19:39 \u2022 15531 view<\/p>\n<p>Parliament lifted the politician&#039;s immunity back in October to conduct an investigation. Moosdorf himself vehemently denies the accusations, calling them &quot;strange&quot; and stating that &quot;nothing could be more absurd.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Berlin outraged: German conductor accepted award from Putin06.11.25, 16:56 \u2022 5185 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German prosecutor&#039;s office has filed charges against far-right MP Matthias Moosdorf of the AfD. He was allegedly caught performing a banned Nazi salute in the Bundestag in June 2023. A political scandal is unfolding in Germany: prosecutors have charged far-right MP Matthias Moosdorf (Alternative for Germany party, AfD) after he was allegedly caught performing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}