An arbitration committee upheld the Social Democrats’ decision to expel Sarrazin over Islamophobic rhetoric. The ruling marked the party’s third attempt to oust him after almost a decade fighting in court.
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have finally managed to expel controversial politician turned author Thilo Sarrazin, who has published a series of books over the last decade bearing little resemblance to the party’s stated positions. Sarrazin’s books criticizing the lack of Muslim integration in Germany, or the European single currency the euro, or what he perceives as a lack of freedom of expression in modern Germany had long been a thorn in the struggling SPD’s side, but levering him out of the party against his wishes had proven an arduous and slow process.
On Friday, an arbitratio...