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'''Alexander Gauland''' has been described as a 'elder'<ref name="Econ">[http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21640386-how-anti-foreigner-anti-establishment-group-changing-german-politics-gone-boy-right Gone boy on the right], The Economist, 24 January 2015</ref> and 'vice-chairman'<ref name="WSJ">Anton Troianovski, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/upstart-german-party-considers-anti-islam-stance-1422482362 Upstart German Party Considers Anti-Islam Stance]], Wall Street Journal, 28 January 2015</ref> of the Eurosceptic party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) | '''Alexander Gauland''' has been described as a 'elder'<ref name="Econ">[http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21640386-how-anti-foreigner-anti-establishment-group-changing-german-politics-gone-boy-right Gone boy on the right], The Economist, 24 January 2015</ref> and 'vice-chairman'<ref name="WSJ">Anton Troianovski, [http://www.wsj.com/articles/upstart-german-party-considers-anti-islam-stance-1422482362 Upstart German Party Considers Anti-Islam Stance]], Wall Street Journal, 28 January 2015</ref> of the Eurosceptic party [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD) | ||
Revision as of 16:34, 23 December 2015
Alexander Gauland, Credit: Sued Deutsche
Alexander Gauland has been described as a 'elder'[1] and 'vice-chairman'[2] of the Eurosceptic party Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Views
On PEGIDA
He has declared AfD ‘the natural allies' of the anti-Islam PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against Islamisation of the West) movement and said he would attend a demonstration in December 2014[3]
On Muslim immigration
Gauland has called for a stop to the migration into Germany of Muslims from the Middle East who 'aren’t willing or able to integrate'.[2]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Gone boy on the right, The Economist, 24 January 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anton Troianovski, Upstart German Party Considers Anti-Islam Stance], Wall Street Journal, 28 January 2015
- ↑ Adam Withnall, 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
