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Germany s far-right AfD searching for new momentum ahead of election
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the country s most successful far-right party since the war, but its latest election results suggest it has hit a ceiling.
This should be a good time for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), if only because, with Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer a candidate in September s election, Germany has no choice but to choose an alternative.
The built-in uncertainty of Germany s political future has been exacerbated in recent months by a series of legacy-scarring crises marking Merkel s final year in power and eroded trust in the political establishment.
Germany s far-right AfD lawmakers visit Moscow
Duma lawmakers welcomed three members of Germany s far-right AfD party in Moscow, with the visitors calling to end the sanctions against Russia.
German AfD s Alice Weidel met Russian politician Michael Schvydkoy
Senior Russian lawmakers and members of the AfD party called to normalize Russian-German relations after a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russian parliament s webpage.
Weidel, whose anti-immigrant AfD branch contests next Sunday s regional election in Germany s Baden-Württemberg state, said her party hoped to help deepen and improve German-Russian relations.
AfD s aim was to finally end economic sanctions imposed on Russia, said Weidel, who leads the AfD s parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
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