Top candidate of German right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party for the European election Maximilian Krah speaks during a campaign event for the upcoming European elections in Dresden, eastern Germany on May 1, 2024. Maximilian Krah, who is the AfD's top candidate for June's EU elections, is at the centre of a deepening crisis after one of his aides in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China. German prosecutors have also launched a preliminary investigation against Krah himself over reports of suspicious payments received from China and Russia. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)