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FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 file photo, Andreas Kalbitz, top candidate of Saxony's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, one day after the federal state elections in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. The far-right Alternative for Germany party has expelled one of its regional leaders for failing to disclose his ties to extremist groups. Senior party officials voted Friday, May 15, 2020 to void the membership of Andreas Kalbitz, its chief in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The party is under pressure to distance itself from extremists in its midst, after coming under growing scrutiny from GermanyâÄ™s domestic intelligence agency. Kalbitz was photographed in 2007 at an event hosted by the HDJ, a neo-Nazi youth movement thatâÄ™s since been banned. The 47-year-old told German news agency dpa that he will take legal steps against the party's decision. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)