A few days ahead of the vote at the party conference, only one member of Alternative for Germany (AfD) has officially put forward their candidacy for the job. Meuthen, a university professor from the wealthy Baden-Wurttemberg region in western Germany, represents the more moderate wing of the party. Alice Weidel and Alexander Gauland, heads of the AfD parliamentary group, in the Bundestag recently. Chrupalla has said "The Wing" is an "integral part" of the AfD but has kept his distance from the radicals. With 91 MPs, the AfD is now the third political force in the German parliament after the CDU and SPD.

Source: The Local November 27, 2019 19:52 UTC