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AfD leader Frauke Petry stuns Germany by quitting hours after being elected
http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/25/afd-leader-frauke-petry-stuns-germany-by-quitting-hours-after-being-elected ^ | September 25, 2017 | Emma Beswick

Posted on 09/25/2017 9:49:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Just one day after her party’s success in the German federal elections yesterday (September 14), Frauke Petry, co-chair of far-right party Alternative for Germany, said she would not be part of the parliamentary group.

Petry’s surprise announcement after the far-right AfD won around 13 percent of the vote in Germany’s elections, an historic result meaning that the party would not only enter parliament for the first time but also as the third strongest party.

The news appeared to come as a shock to her colleagues, with fellow co-chair Jörg Meuthen telling German press agency dpa, that he “had had no knowledge” of the decision beforehand and called it “a bombshell”.

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TOPICS: Germany
KEYWORDS: afd; germanyelection
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The long knives are out.That didn't take long. Less than a day.
1 posted on 09/25/2017 9:49:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not a good way to introduce yourselves to a wider audience.


2 posted on 09/25/2017 9:50:55 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Doens’t want to get fosterized.


3 posted on 09/25/2017 9:52:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Maybe someone made her an offer she could not refuse.


4 posted on 09/25/2017 9:52:20 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Someone got to her. Probably threatened her family if she didn’t step down.


5 posted on 09/25/2017 9:52:50 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Merkel: Kill her with fire.
AfD leader: Outta Here... bye


6 posted on 09/25/2017 9:53:14 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This type of sudden switch should not be allowed either in Germany or here. It is deceit and treachery and Frauke Petry should be removed if there is a mechanism.


7 posted on 09/25/2017 9:53:18 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Berlin_Freeper

> The long knives are out. <

It would be speculation on your part, but as you know, Freepers love speculation. So why do you think Petry quit?


8 posted on 09/25/2017 9:55:11 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Many people tried to warn everyone that the Petry/Pretzell duo was no good. Guess they were right…
9 posted on 09/25/2017 9:55:17 AM PDT by cartan
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To: jalisco555

Globalists are playing for keeps. Look at Aleppo, look a Libya if you want to see what limits they’ll go to. Feel special? Like it won’t happen here? Look at Sweden.

The Globalists must be held accountable to the same standards as the aggressors at Nuremberg. They must face the same consequences for genocide and ethnic cleansing even in their homelands.


10 posted on 09/25/2017 9:55:32 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Why defend the EU?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

She probably was an undercover government agent working for the globalists......

.......most of the ‘far-right’ activists in this country are actually employees of ‘Uncle Sam’....


11 posted on 09/25/2017 9:55:32 AM PDT by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch (Enough already of Chelsea Trump's re-direction of the candidate we supported)
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To: Leaning Right
For you toots:

Later on Monday, Petry told public broadcaster ARD she had made the decision to express disapproval with radical tendencies inside her party, “which continue to scare away too many voters.”

12 posted on 09/25/2017 9:57:46 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

3 days ago Der Spiegel revealed she had a Syrian refugee as a housekeeper. Doubtless more ‘revelations’ were forthcoming. Remember, she is a foreign-born lesbian.


13 posted on 09/25/2017 9:58:49 AM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is there any second in command kind of AfD member around, ready to step in? If not, they will lose this great opportunity to make a difference.


14 posted on 09/25/2017 9:59:36 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: montag813

You are thinking of Alice Weidel, not Frauke Petry.


15 posted on 09/25/2017 10:01:34 AM PDT by cartan
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To: montag813

That is a different AfD leader, Alice Weidel.


16 posted on 09/25/2017 10:03:28 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So, BF as a local, what’s your take on this? Why did she resign, what are the forces at play?


17 posted on 09/25/2017 10:04:02 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Merkel “Frauke Petry, your lovely little village will look so nice with 20,000 Syrian rapist ...oh I mean children...”


18 posted on 09/25/2017 10:05:44 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not quite sure why you included the “toots”, but thanks for the link anyway.


19 posted on 09/25/2017 10:09:36 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right
Oh. Sensitive are you?

It would be speculation on your part, but as you know, Freepers love speculation.

20 posted on 09/25/2017 10:18:16 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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