# AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer, former porn actor, neopagans and neo-Nazis

https://mins.news/en/item/54879

- The Guardian, 2026-09-11 15:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/11/afd-mps-scrutiny-ex-stasi-actor-neopagan-neo-nazi

> Germany’s far-right AfD is facing scrutiny over the backgrounds of prospective MPs after its historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt. Among the 39 elected representatives are a former pornography actor accused of falsifying qualifications, a former Stasi officer and several people under investigation over alleged links to neo-Nazi organisations.

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