The background is that the AfD in Baden-Württemberg does not send any delegates to the party conferences. Any ordinary member is allowed to come. Later, only members entitled to vote should be allowed back into the hall. Several board members spoke out in favor of canceling the party conference. They argued that voters were turned away at the door.
The board of the state party was re-elected in Rottweil. The committee is considered divided. According to the German Press Agency, a meeting leader for the event, which was actually supposed to start at 10 a.m., was only elected in the afternoon. Board members argued on stage and turned off each other’s microphones. Opposing camps shouted and booed each other, it said.
Ultimately, the leadership duo was able to assert themselves in office. The Bundestag member Markus Frohnmaier and the state parliament member Emil Sätze were confirmed as co-chairs of the Baden-Württemberg AfD state association on Saturday evening. 75.7 percent of members voted for Frohnmaier. 76.46 percent voted for dances.
NRW-AfD confirms state leader Vincentz
At the party conference of the North Rhine-Westphalia AfD in Marl, state party leader Vincentz was re-elected for a second term. 470 delegates voted for the 37-year-old doctor, 130 against him and 18 abstained. There were protests against the AfD and its policies near the conference venue, which, according to police reports, around 2,000 people took part.
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