Germany's far-right AfD chooses nationalist as co-leader
Sabine Ehrhardt
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - Members of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party elected a right-wing nationalist to be their co-leader on Saturday, signaling a possible toughening of tone before regional votes next year.
A party congress chose Alexander Gauland - who once defended an AfD member who had said history should be rewritten to focus on German victims of World War Two - to return to the post he had held until 2015.
As members deliberated, thousands of anti-AfD protesters marched outside carrying placards reading “Hanover against Nazis†and “Stand up to racismâ€.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-afd/germanys-far-right-afd-chooses-nationalist-as-co-leader-idUSKBN1DW0JM
It sounds like there were some serious protests there:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42209421 if one is interested, some arrests and injuries.
