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  • A radical wing of Germany's far-right AfD party on Friday won a court challenge over the expulsion of a firebrand member, undermining leaders who want to contain the ultra-conservative camp. Andreas Kalbitz was head of the Brandenburg chapter of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, but was thrown out of the party in May for hiding past membership in the neo-Nazi group "German Youths Loyal to the Fatherland". Kalbitz's sacking fanned the flames of an increasingly hostile feud between the party's populist, more moderate conservatives, and elements close to the extreme right-wing scene. Despite his removal, Kalbitz continued to exert influence in the party and brought a challenge against the expulsion to a Berlin court. On Friday, the court found he could not be simply ejected based on the party leaders' decision until the AfD's own arbitration body decided on the case. The ruling was a setback to party moderates, who had sought to sideline the most radical elements and keep the AfD as a viable alternative for middle-class voters turned off by any association with radical skinheads. Police recently placed the entire Brandenburg chapter of the AfD under surveillance over its extremist tendencies. But the AfD's most hardline faction, led by another firebrand Bjoern Hoecke is believed to make up one-third of the party's supporters. Protesting against Kalbitz's ousting, Hoecke had posted a video message deploying rhetoric resonant of 1930s fascism as he accused AfD leaders of "treason against the party". The AfD began seven years ago as a eurosceptic outfit before shifting its focus to immigration as public anger grew over Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision in 2015 to keep Germany's borders open to a million asylum seekers, many fleeing war in Syria and Iraq. Although it remains strong in the economically depressed ex-communist east, the AfD is now struggling elsewhere. It currently polls at about 10 percent nationwide, down from nearly 13 percent in the 2017 general election, while Merkel's party has regained ground over her handling of the coronavirus pandemic. bur-hmn/mfp/wai
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  • German far-right AfD hardliners win court challenge
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