Alexander Gauland of Germany’s right-wing Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party said in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Sunday that he would “not want to have Boateng as a neighbour.”
The Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng, who is teetotal and a practicing Christian, has a German mother and Ghanaian father. He has been mooted as a stand-in for the national captaincy at the upcoming European Championships in France.
Germany’s anti-immigration party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has apologised after its deputy leader was quoted as saying that, while most people admired the international footballer Jérôme Boateng, they wouldn’t want to live next door to him.
The president of the German football association, Reinhard Grindel, criticised Gauland,saying it was “simply tasteless” to abuse Boateng’s popularity “for political messages”.
Julia Klöckner of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic party tweeted: “Better Boateng than Gauland as a neighbour. Typical AfD pattern: abuse, provoke – then try to relativise.”
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