AfD Political Party Holds Federal Congress

ESSEN, GERMANY - JULY 4: Frauke Petry, the new Chairwoman of the AfD (Alternative fuer Deutschland) and Jorg Meuthen the new co-Chairman receive at the AfD federal party congress on July 4, 2015 in Essen, Germany after the Election congretulations.The AfD, a relative newcomer to the German political landscape, won seats in several state legislatures on a right-of-center campaign stressing opposition to the Euro and other conservative populist themes. More recently the party has been torn by internal strife between centrist and more right-leaning members, as well as personal antagonism between co-chairs Bernd Lucke and Frauke Petry. (Photo by Volker Hartmann/Getty Images)