Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right in Germany, announced on Monday that her Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) would become the party’s strongest option in the country following its best-ever outcome. With just under 21 %, the AfD came in second place, just behind only the conservative CDU-CSU, which had 28.6 %. It was the far-right party’s strongest performance since World War II. Weidel, the AfD’s member to be president, said she believed the group was “overtake the CDU within the next few years for the next vote… to become the strongest power” in Germany. With a share of aid comparable to its general outcome, the AfD even placed next among citizens aged 18 to 24. Only the far-left Die Linke group did much, with 25 percent.
