A politician who said “one should not give the Jews so much money” will be kicked out of a German political party. Expulsion proceedings are under way for Wolfgang Schmitt, 68, a district leader for the Electoral Alternative Work and Social Justice Party, which recently joined forces with the former Communist party for upcoming national elections.
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