German politician and former journalist (born 1962)
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Fest was deputy editor-in-chief of Bild am Sonntag of Springer SE. In 2014 he wrote a comment in which he called Islam an "obstacle to integration". Colleagues distanced themselves, the press council issued a reprimand and Fest left Springer Verlag. In 2016 he joined the AfD Berlin and stated he wanted to join the Bundestag some day.[4]
In 2019 he was elected as a member of the European Parliament.
Controversies
After the death of the president of the European Parliament David Sassoli in 2022, Fest wrote: "Finally this bastard is gone" in a WhatsApp group of AfD MoP.[5]
References
^"Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
