German nationalist party chooses new leaders
BERLIN — Germany’s nationalist party Alternative for Germany on Sunday elected two new top candidates for the September general election after the party’s best-known politician, Frauke Petry, withdrew last week.
Divisions erupted among the factions of the German nationalists as delegates from the AfD rejected an appeal Saturday by Petry to seek a more pragmatic political path.
“If we now stick together and fight together, then finally a true opposition party will be getting into German Parliament,” Weidel told cheering delegates.
The delegates also voted for an election manifesto that is harsh on immigration and Muslims and reiterates calls for leaving the European Union’s euro currency.