A leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) laid open discord within the party on Monday - just hours after the party became the country's third-strongest - by refusing to join its parliamentary group. The nationalist, anti-migration AfD won 12.6 per cent of the vote in Sunday's federal election, meaning that it will take more than 90 parliamentary seats. It is the first time in 60 years that a right-wing party will sit in the Bundestag. Explaining her decision, Petry said, "We should be open about the fact there there is conflict regarding content within the AfD, we should not pretend it doesn't exist." Petry was sidelined as the AfD's top candidate amid the election for Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel amid infighting between far-right and more moderate factions within the AfD.

Source: The China Post September 25, 2017 09:45 UTC