Alexander Gauland, co-leader of the German right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD), attends a news conference in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/EPA-EFE)Alexander Gauland, 76, is co-leader of the far-right, anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany, which is known by its German acronym, AfD. Alexander Gauland: The "refugees welcome" policy of Angela Merkel alienated a lot of people, a lot of voters, as you can see in the demonstrations against Merkel. Those aren’t German problems. And that did divide the German society into the people who want to help [refugees] and the other ones who said we have enough problems in this country.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2017 21:00 UTC