AfD-frontwoman Petry would like to be also top candidate of her party at the Bundestagswahl. Since, however, the party basis probably ma...
AfD-frontwoman Petry would like to be also top candidate of her party at the Bundestagswahl. Since, however, the party basis probably made a dash through the bill: media reports, the rather a team as a single candidate.
AfD boss Frauke Petry is apparently not to be the top candidate of her party at the Bundestag elections. A majority of the parties voted in an online questionnaire for a team and against a single candidate of Petry's - among other things, the "Welt" and "Spiegel Online" from AfD circles learned Only a single top candidate in the Bundestag election campaign in September, 54 percent wanted a team, officially, however, the survey was not confirmed.
For Petry this means a defeat in the power struggle within the AfD. Although the party woman was not even a single candidate in the questionnaire, Petry had in the past made no secret of her preference. In an interview with the "Focus", she said that multiple points are "not very beneficial" for the election campaign. She is sure "that the party has that in the back of the head."
Petry is missing the allies
It is unclear whether the current online vote actually means that Petry does not compete alone. According to the AfD circles, the vote was not a decision, but it had a recommendable character for the party convention in Cologne, scheduled in April. Until then, the Federal Executive Board would decide how to avoid the will of the base. In November, however, the party chairman had spoken out for a team and against a single candidate of Petry. Within the Federal Executive Board, Petry is regarded as isolated. Among her opponents are the co-chairman Jörg Meuthen and the Landeschefs in Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Alexander Gauland and Andre Poggenburg. The Thuringian AfD boss, Björn Höcke, who is criticized for nationalistic comments, is also in opposition to Petry.
