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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Far-right Austrian nationalist banned from Germany after neo-Nazi meeting

Man with newspaper against blue sky and tree
Martin Sellner, Austrian leader of the Identitarian Movement, addresse an anti-migrant meeting attended by neo-Nazis and members of the AfD. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/AFP/Getty Images

A far-right Austrian nationalist has been banned from entering Germany after addressing a meeting about mass deportations that provoked mass protests across the country.

Days after he was deported from Switzerland, Martin Sellner, a leader of Austria’s ethno-nationalist Identitarian Movement, posted a video of himself on X reading out a letter to his lawyer that he said was from authorities in the city of Potsdam.

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