section_path: History/Chrupalla and Weidel (2022–present)/2023 meeting and subsequent protests
section_name: 2023 meeting and subsequent protests
paragraph_text: 2023 meeting and subsequent protests
  
  In January 2024 Correctiv reported that members of AfD had secretly met with figures from the German and Austrian far-right in November 2023, in which they allegedly discussed a " remigration " plan for deporting immigrants, which could include naturalised German citizens. Those present included the Identitarian activist Martin Sellner.
  
  The AfD distanced itself from the meeting, saying it was not responsible for what was discussed and that its members had attended only in a personal capacity. Alice Weidel parted ways with Roland Hartwig, an advisor who was present at the meeting.
  
  The plan was condemned by German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The report sparked protests against the AfD across Germany, with protestors calling for a ban of AfD. Subsequently, the AfD member Maximilian Krah got involved in controversy, prompting AfD to be expelled from the ID group, with EKRE supporting expulsion of Krah, but opposing the removal of the entire AfD delegation, and the FPÖ opposing the expulsion of AfD.