AfD in vote setback after huge protest wave in Germany
FRANCE 24 English
Alternative for Germany is a right-wing populist political party in Germany. AfD is known for its Euroscepticism, as well as for opposing immigration to Germany. As a right-wing party, AfD is commonly positioned on the radical right, a subset of the far-right, within the family of European political parties that generally does not reject democracy.
According to national authorities, around 250,000 people took to the streets across several cities in Germany, to denounce the AfD..