The AfD Wedge: Bavarian Conservatives Weigh Split from Merkel’s CDU

The rise of the right-wing populist AfD has driven a wedge between Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats and their Bavarian sister party. The CSU is now threatening to go it alone, with officials saying they may campaign against the chancellor in the 2017 election.

ESO: Background information: Party congress will determine what the AfD really wants / Germany's right-wing AfD adopts anti-Islam manifesto http://www.europeansources.info/record/party-congress-will-determine-what-the-afd-really-wants-germanys-right-wing-afd-adopts-anti-islam-manifesto/

ESO: Background information: German officials laud new integration law as 'historic step' http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-officials-laud-new-integration-law-as-historic-step/

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