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Wij staan voor een Europa van soevereine naties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petr Bystron, lid van het Europees Parlement voor de AfD-delegatie, verklaarde verder:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHet is absurd om uitgerekend Angela Merkel een onderscheiding voor democratie toe te kennen. In 2020 verklaarde zij publiekelijk dat de democratische verkiezing van een minister-president in Th\u00fcringen \u2018ongedaan moest worden gemaakt\u2019. De mediacampagne die hierop volgde, leidde tot het aftreden van de democratisch gekozen minister-president. Een dergelijke houding ten opzichte van de uitslag van parlementsverkiezingen staat in schril contrast met de beginselen van democratische besluitvormingsprocessen.\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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