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AfD Elects Co-Leaders, Seeks 40% Vote, Label Suspended

7/4/2026

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The AfD convened in Erfurt on the centennial of a 1926 Nazi rally as security forces deployed measures and protesters staged sit-down demonstrations.
Party members elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as joint leaders for two years.
The party seeks at least 40 % of the vote in September 6 Saxony-Anhalt election to win a majority.
A Cologne court suspended the domestic intelligence agency’s right-wing extremist label for the AfD pending review.

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The AfD convened in Erfurt on the centennial of a 1926 Nazi rally as security forces deployed measures and protesters staged sit-down demonstrations.
Party members elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as joint leaders for two years.
The party seeks at least 40 % of the vote in September 6 Saxony-Anhalt election to win a majority.
A Cologne court suspended the domestic intelligence agency’s right-wing extremist label for the AfD pending review.