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According to ''The Independent'',  one AfD leader, [[Alexander Gauland]], declared the party ‘the natural allies' of the anti-Islam [[PEGIDA]] (Patriot Eruropean Against  Islamisation of the West]] movement and said he would attend a demonstration in December 2014<ref name="visiblerise">Adam Withnall, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-sees-visible-rise-in-support-for-farright-extremism-in-response-to-perceived-islamisation-of-the-west-9926264.html Germany sees 'visible rise' in support for far-right extremism in response to perceived 'Islamisation' of the West], ''The Independent'', 15 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015</ref>
 
According to ''The Independent'',  one AfD leader, [[Alexander Gauland]], declared the party ‘the natural allies' of the anti-Islam [[PEGIDA]] (Patriot Eruropean Against  Islamisation of the West]] movement and said he would attend a demonstration in December 2014<ref name="visiblerise">Adam Withnall, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-sees-visible-rise-in-support-for-farright-extremism-in-response-to-perceived-islamisation-of-the-west-9926264.html Germany sees 'visible rise' in support for far-right extremism in response to perceived 'Islamisation' of the West], ''The Independent'', 15 December 2014, accessed 5 Jan 2015</ref>
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Another media outlet has suggested that AfD had 'faced internal division after some of its members made overtures to [PEGIDA]]'.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pegida-leader-kathrin-oertel-resigns-one-week-after-founder-quits-1.2934993 PEGIDA leader Kathrin Oertel resigns one week after founder quits], CBC/Reuters, 28 January, accessed 2 February</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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Revision as of 16:58, 2 February 2015

Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, Afd), are a ‘fast-growing’ Eurosceptic party.

According to The Independent, one AfD leader, Alexander Gauland, declared the party ‘the natural allies' of the anti-Islam PEGIDA (Patriot Eruropean Against Islamisation of the West]] movement and said he would attend a demonstration in December 2014[1]

Another media outlet has suggested that AfD had 'faced internal division after some of its members made overtures to [PEGIDA]]'.[2]

Affiliations

Notes