Maximilian Krah's comments to an Italian newspaper came at a time when support for Alternative für Deutschland already seemed to be falling Photograph: Ronny HartmannAFP via Getty Images Nine MEPs from Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland have been expelled from their European Parliament grouping two weeks before EU elections, in a row over the German party’s controversial lead candidate. The Identity and Democracy (ID) group announced the move after AfD MEP Maximilian Krah told Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper that members of the Nazi SS were not necessarily all criminals. Mr Krah had already been ordered by AfD leaders to in...