German Deputy Leaves Ruling Party for Rightists
<i> Associated Press</i>
BONN — A legislator from Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s party defected Tuesday to a right-wing nationalist party led by a former Nazi SS soldier, the second lawmaker from eastern Germany to do so this year.
Matthias Ritter, 42, a member of the Thuringia state assembly, said Kohl’s “inability to resolve Germany’s problems, above all the economic situation” led to his decision to quit the Christian Democrats and join the Republikaner Party.
The Christian Democrats demanded Ritter resign his seat.
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