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:In the past AfD has tried to distance itself from the anti-immigrant, anti-Islamic campaign group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident ([[Pegida]]) which, like Petry, originated in Dresden. But increasingly her party is being talked about as the political arm of Pegida. Petry has done little to persuade anyone otherwise. <ref> Kate Connolly, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/07/frauke-petry-smiling-face-resurgent-right Frauke Petry: smiling face of Germany’s resurgent right], The ''Observer'', 6 February 2016 </ref> | :In the past AfD has tried to distance itself from the anti-immigrant, anti-Islamic campaign group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident ([[Pegida]]) which, like Petry, originated in Dresden. But increasingly her party is being talked about as the political arm of Pegida. Petry has done little to persuade anyone otherwise. <ref> Kate Connolly, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/07/frauke-petry-smiling-face-resurgent-right Frauke Petry: smiling face of Germany’s resurgent right], The ''Observer'', 6 February 2016 </ref> | ||
| − | In February 2016 Petry attracted wide condemnation after remarking that refugees should be shot at Germany's borders. She later tried to claim the press had lied about this however an audio-recording of the interview in which she had said this was released by ''Rhein-Zeitung''. <ref> [http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland-und-welt_artikel,-Luegenpresse-AfD-Chefin-Frauke-Petry-schreibt-ihr-Interview-dreist-um-_arid,1436297.html Lügenpresse? AfD-Chefin Frauke Petry schreibt ihr Interview dreist um, 4 February 2016, accessed 14 March 2016 </ref> | + | In February 2016 Petry attracted wide condemnation after remarking that refugees should be shot at Germany's borders. She later tried to claim the press had lied about this however an audio-recording of the interview in which she had said this was released by ''Rhein-Zeitung''. <ref> [http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland-und-welt_artikel,-Luegenpresse-AfD-Chefin-Frauke-Petry-schreibt-ihr-Interview-dreist-um-_arid,1436297.html Lügenpresse? AfD-Chefin Frauke Petry schreibt ihr Interview dreist um, 4 February 2016, accessed 14 March 2016 </ref> |
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| + | In a September 2016 interview, she called for a racially charged term,"voelkisch", to be rehabilitated. The term refers to people who belong to a particular race and was frequently used by the Nazis during the bird Reich— their party paper was called Voelkischer Beobachter. <ref> Frank Jordans, [http://www.thehour.com/news/world/article/German-nationalist-leader-seeks-renewed-use-of-9216964.php 'German nationalist leader seeks renewed use of Nazi-era term'], ''The Hour'', 12 September 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016. | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 14 September 2016
Frauke Petry was one of three leaders of the German Euro-sceptic party Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland) (AfD) as of January 2015.[1]
In July 2015 Petry was elected party leader. Her appointment was viewed as a shift to the right, and five MEPs quit the party in protest. Party co-founder Bernd Lucke cited 'a rise of xenophobic sentiment in the AfD', and announced he was leaving to form a new party, the Alliance for Progress and Renewal.
Petry's leadership has resulted in closer links to Pegida:
- In the past AfD has tried to distance itself from the anti-immigrant, anti-Islamic campaign group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident (Pegida) which, like Petry, originated in Dresden. But increasingly her party is being talked about as the political arm of Pegida. Petry has done little to persuade anyone otherwise. [2]
In February 2016 Petry attracted wide condemnation after remarking that refugees should be shot at Germany's borders. She later tried to claim the press had lied about this however an audio-recording of the interview in which she had said this was released by Rhein-Zeitung. [3]
In a September 2016 interview, she called for a racially charged term,"voelkisch", to be rehabilitated. The term refers to people who belong to a particular race and was frequently used by the Nazis during the bird Reich— their party paper was called Voelkischer Beobachter. <ref> Frank Jordans, 'German nationalist leader seeks renewed use of Nazi-era term', The Hour, 12 September 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016.
Affiliations
- Alternative for Germany - Leader/speaker from July 2015 onwards
External resources
- Kate Connolly, Frauke Petry: smiling face of Germany’s resurgent right, The Observer, 6 February 2016
Notes
- ↑ Gone boy on the right, The Economist, 24 January 2015
- ↑ Kate Connolly, Frauke Petry: smiling face of Germany’s resurgent right, The Observer, 6 February 2016
- ↑ [http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland-und-welt_artikel,-Luegenpresse-AfD-Chefin-Frauke-Petry-schreibt-ihr-Interview-dreist-um-_arid,1436297.html Lügenpresse? AfD-Chefin Frauke Petry schreibt ihr Interview dreist um, 4 February 2016, accessed 14 March 2016
