Germany's far-right anti-immigrant party splits over Holocaust-denying representative.

The dispute erupted over statements by one legislator, who had suggested the Holocaust was given too much attention. In written comments, he had referred to the Holocaust as "certain misdeeds". He has also suggested Holocaust denial - illegal in Germany - was legitimate.

As other MPs were unable to eject him from the party, they formed their own. Thirteen of AfD's lawmakers in a state parliament have formed a new bloc, Alternative for Baden-Wuerttemberg.

The row has also engulfed the AfD's national leadership. Its Eurosceptic, anti-migrant message has propelled it to third place in opinion polls, behind the two parties in Germany's governing coalition.

The leader of the AfD in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Joerg Meuthen, who is also the party's co-leader nationally, had tried to get Mr Gedeon expelled from the AfD's fraction, but failed to get the two-thirds majority of his MPs required. He and the 12 AfD representatives who had voted with him resigned en masse on Tuesday.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36722818

Ahhh, the rank smell of fascism on the far-right in Germany. We can hope this stalls the rise of their far-right.