- Alternative for Germany - Wikipedia
Established in April 2013, AfD was founded by Gauland, Bernd Lucke, and former members of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) to oppose the policies of the Eurozone as a right-wing and moderately Eurosceptic alternative to the centre-right but pro-European CDU
- 7 facts about Germany’s AfD party - Pew Research Center
Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the first far-right political party to win a state election in Germany since World War II
- What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained
The AfD was founded in 2013 by disaffected CDU members This included economics professors Bernd Lucke and Joachim Starbatty, and conservative journalists Konrad Adam and Alexander Gauland
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The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has adopted a code of conduct for its members, without changing its positions on immigration and other issues
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Alternative for Germany (AfD), far right-wing German political party founded in 2013 Established during the rise of Euroskepticism in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis, the party has since adopted a platform based on German nationalism and Islamophobia
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The rise of the AfD has triggered widespread unease, with protesters calling for it to be outlawed – most notably in early 2024, when tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on cities
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Who supports it? AfD has support across Germany and is represented in all but two of the 16 state legislatures, but the party is strongest in the formerly communist and less prosperous east
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