WATCH: Far-Right Politician Rips Down, Burns EU Flag After Losing Immunity Over Antisemitic Disruptions

Far-right politician and Polish presidential candidate Grzegorz Braun wiped his footwear on the European Union flag earlier than setting it on hearth hours after European Parliament formally stripped him of parliamentary immunity.

After eradicating the European Union’s flag to stomp on it, Braun addressed reporters. “We’ll by no means in Poland exhibit indicators in opposition to us of an enemy group,” he stated, in response to a translation by NEXTA. “This group has led to the liquidation of Poland, such emblems are usually not surrounded by any safety of rights in Poland.”

Braun has already been barred from parliament classes by way of October after he disrupted a minute of silence for Holocaust victims earlier within the yr. In December 2023, Braun used a hearth extinguisher to place out menorah candles lit for Hanukkah. A member of the Confederation celebration, Braun has beforehand unfold misinformation claiming there’s a plot to make Poland a “Jewish state.”

Final month, Braun entered a hospital by displaying his European Parliament badge. With roughly 30 males in tow, he proceeded to accost a physician, threatening to put her below citizen’s arrest for being a “serial assassin” as she ready to carry out a authorized abortion.

Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar condemned the incident, saying Braun’s conduct “exceeds all moral and maybe additionally authorized boundaries” and “the prosecutor’s workplace should react rapidly and firmly.”

Braun’s just lately lifted parliamentary immunity allows nationwide judicial authorities to research and check out elected parliament members in courtroom. The preliminary request to take away Braun’s immunity was filed by Poland final October.

Braun is a presidential candidate in Poland’s upcoming election, although with restricted assist. He was expelled from the brazenly antisemitic Confederation celebration — typically in comparison with Germany’s far-right Different for Germany (AfD) celebration — for transferring ahead along with his candidacy regardless of the celebration already choosing Slawomir Mentzen as its candidate.

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