Three days to save the German extreme right. For the media across the Rhine, this is essentially the objective of the national congress of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), organized from June 17 to 19, in the Saxon town of Riesa. “The AfD has a lot to do”ensures the chain ZDF. In addition to appointing their new leaders, the approximately 600 delegates present must decide on several major issues, including the restructuring of the party and the reinstatement of Andreas Kalbitz, an influential member of the most radical wing of the AfD, excluded because of his links with the neo-Nazi group HDJ (Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend).
The decisions adopted should make it possible to relaunch the party, whose situation is currently critical. “These last few weeks have been complicated for the AfD”reminds the Spiegel, before listing the latest failures in political formation: “a violent internal power struggle which took place in full view of all, the resignation of one of his