MPs expelled over neo-Nazi clothing brand

The president of Saxony’s state parliament yesterday expelled eight far-right regional MPs from the assembly for wearing a clothing brand favoured by German neo-Nazis.

The NPD party MPs refused to remove T-shirts and shirts from the Thor Steinar company in an “openly provocative act,” Saxony state parliament spokesman Ivo Klatte said.

The brand, with its runic symbols and Nordic themes, is popular among neo-Nazis in Germany, even though the company has distanced itself from far right extremism in the past.