Members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) gathered Saturday to vote on new leadership after the party’s triumphant turnout in September’s general election, as thousands staged street protests against the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party.
Agence France-Presse: Germany’s far right to pick new leaders amid pro-refugee protests
Demonstrators light flares during a protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party that holds its congress on Dec. 2, in Hanover, northern Germany.
The far-right AfD party who captured nearly 13 percent of the vote the September general election, gathers on Dec. 2 and 3 to elect a new leadership, with police bracing for potentially violent street protests against the anti-migrant, anti-Islam party.
