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Wir stehen f\u00fcr ein Europa der souver\u00e4nen Nationen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petr Bystron, Mitglied des Europ\u00e4ischen Parlaments f\u00fcr die AfD-Delegation, erkl\u00e4rte weiter:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEs ist absurd, ausgerechnet Angela Merkel einen Orden f\u00fcr Demokratie zu verleihen. Im Jahr 2020 erkl\u00e4rte sie \u00f6ffentlich, dass die demokratische Wahl eines Ministerpr\u00e4sidenten in Th\u00fcringen \u2018r\u00fcckg\u00e4ngig gemacht\u2019 werden m\u00fcsse. Die daraufhin ausgel\u00f6ste Medienkampagne f\u00fchrte zum R\u00fccktritt des demokratisch gew\u00e4hlten Ministerpr\u00e4sidenten. Eine solche Haltung gegen\u00fcber dem Ergebnis einer Parlamentswahl steht in krassem Widerspruch zu den Grunds\u00e4tzen demokratischer Entscheidungsprozesse.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ren\u00e9 Aust, head of the AfD delegation in the European Parliament, stated: \u201cOnce again, the European Union is behaving like a state by even awarding an order. 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