Nicolaus Fest

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Nicolaus Fest
MEP
Nicolaus Fest.jpg
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019 [1] [2]
Personal details
Born (1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 60)
Hamburg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political party Alternative for Germany

Constantin Nicolaus Johannes Joachim Fest (born 1 July 1962) is a German politician (Alternative for Germany) and former journalist, who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament. [3]

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Life

Fest was deputy editor-in-chief of Bild am Sonntag of Springer SE. In 2014 he wrote a comment in which he called Islam an "obstacle to integration". Colleagues distanced themselves, the press council issued a reprimand and Fest left Springer Verlag. In 2016 he joined the AfD Berlin and stated he wanted to join the Bundestag some day. [4]

In 2019 he was elected as a member of the European Parliament.

Controversies

After the death of the president of the European Parliament David Sassoli in 2022, Fest wrote: "Finally this bastard is gone" in a WhatsApp group of AfD MoP. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  5. ↑ tagesschau.de. "AfD-Politiker: Beschimpfungen und Frohlocken über Sassolis Tod". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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