The management of the city hall of Wiesbaden has canceled a contract it had to rent the hall to the National Democratic Party (NPD) for the party’s congress. The contract was canceled as a result of pressure by the Wiesbaden Municipality, which holds 75 percent of the ownership of the hall’s management. A spokesman for the NPD said that a suit would be brought against the management to fulfill its contract.
Karl Arthur Rittler, the only member of the Munich City Council elected by the neo-Nazi NPD, has resigned from that party, it was announced today by Munich Mayor Hans Jochem Vogel, who is a member of the Social Democratic Party. According to the mayor, Rittler, however, remains as a member of the City Council.
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