ALFA — the Alternative to the “Alternative”
... them diverge in terms of their ideologies (some political observers have predicted that the AfD will win seats at the elections). In what direction will these two political forces drift? Given the fact that the political separation of the AfD into two parties was fraught with scandals and hot tempers (Petry and Gauland demanded that all defectors to ALFA give up their seats, while Lucke announced that he would never welcome former AfD members with right-wing populist views into his party), it would be fair to say that we will not see an alliance between the two any time soon. It is more likely that ...