With Merkel's Foes in Disarray, Germany Defies the Trump Trend

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With Merkel's Foes in Disarray, Germany Defies the Trump Trend
by Patrick Donahue  and Rainer Buergin
April 21, 2017, 6:30 AM CDT

Back in January, Frauke Petry of the Alternative for Germany party shared a stage with her fellow populist leaders from across Europe to mark what was billed as “the Year of Patriots.”

Buoyed by the election of Donald Trump, Petry joined Marine Le Pen of France and Dutchman Geert Wilders in the German city of Koblenz to predict that Europe’s establishment was about to be swept away.

Three months later, the meeting at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers looks like it may have been the high-water mark for Petry and her party. The AfD has since lost a third of its support as it descended into infighting, and this week Petry relinquished her bid to lead the party’s campaign for this year’s German elections.

Continued: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-21/merkel-s-populist-foes-in-disarray-as-germany-defies-trump-surge

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