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Nicolaus Fest MEP


Member of the European Parliament for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019^[1]^[2]

Personal details
Born	(1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 61) Hamburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Alternative for Germany

Constantin Nicolaus Johannes Joachim Fest (born 1 July 1962) is a German politician (Alternative for Germany) and former journalist, who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament.^[3]

Life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ tagesschau.de. "AfD-Politiker: Beschimpfungen und Frohlocken über Sassolis Tod". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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Alternative for Germany	Anderson (ID) Beck (ID) Buchheit (ID) Fest (ID) Krah (ID) Kuhs (ID) Limmer (ID) Reil (ID) Zimniok (ID)
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Doleschal (EPP) Ferber (EPP) Hohlmeier (EPP) Mortler (EPP) Niebler (EPP) Weber (EPP)
The Left	Demirel (GUE-NGL) Ernst (GUE-NGL) Michels (GUE-NGL) Schirdewan (GUE-NGL) Scholz (GUE-NGL)
Free Democratic Party	Glück (Renew) Hahn (Renew) Kauch (Renew) Körner (Renew) Oetjen (Renew)
Die PARTEI	Sonneborn (NI)
Free Voters	Eroglu (Renew) Müller (Renew)
Ecological Democratic Party	Ripa (Greens–EFA)
Family Party	Geuking (NI)
Volt	Boeselager (Greens–EFA)
Pirate Party	Breyer (Greens–EFA)
Bündnis Deutschland	Berg (ECR)
Independent	Buschmann (NI) Meuthen (NI) Semsrott (Greens–EFA)

v t e List of members of Identity and Democracy (2019–2024)
Austria	Haider Mayer Vilimsky
Belgium	Annemans De Man Vandendriessche
Czech Republic	Blaško David
Denmark	Vistisen
Estonia	Madison
Finland	Hakkarainen Ruohonen-Lerner
France	Androuët Bardella Beigneux Bilde Bruna Chagnon Dauchy Garraud Griset Jalkh Jamet Joron Juvin Lacapelle Lebreton Mariani Minardi Olivier Rougé
Germany	Anderson Beck Buchheit Fest Krah Kuhs Limmer Reil Zimniok
Italy	Adinolfi Basso Blasis Bonfrisco Borchia Campomenosi Casanova Ceccardi Ciocca Conte Gancia Ghidoni Grant Lancini Lizzi Panza Re Rinaldi Rossi Sardone Tardino Tovaglieri Zanni
Netherlands	De Graaff

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