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With Germany’s Elections Two Years Out, Top Pols Scramble Over What To Do About a Rising Right-Wing Party

Alternative for Germany is currently running second in popularity polls, with 21 percent.

Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP
From left, Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party top candidate for the European elections, Tino Chrupalla, co-chairman of the AfD and Alice Weidel, co-chairwoman of the AfD, sing the national anthem at the party's European election meeting. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU

Germany will hold its next general election in 2025, but already its politicians, from the president on down, are scrambling over what to do about the rising right-wing party known as Alternative for Germany.

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CLARA PREVE DURRIEU
CLARA PREVE DURRIEU

Ms. Preve Durrieu is a bilingual journalist who has reported from several countries including Australia and India. She has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in social communications from Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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