Nicolaus Fest Explained

Party:Alternative for Germany
Constituency Mp:Germany
Term Start:2 July 2019[1] [2]
Parliament:European
Birth Date:1 July 1962
Birth Place:Hamburg, West Germany
(Germany)
Nationality:German

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates ahead. European Parliament . 28 May 2019 . 20 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Key dates ahead. BBC News. 28 May 2019 . 22 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge. Der Bundeswahlleiter. de. 2 December 2019.
  4. Web site: ZEIT ONLINE Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.. 2022-01-11. www.zeit.de.
  5. Web site: tagesschau.de. AfD-Politiker: Beschimpfungen und Frohlocken über Sassolis Tod. 2022-01-11. tagesschau.de. de.