Fearing Vetevendosje party mounts protests, Merkel reacts

Founded in April 2013, the party won 4.7% of the vote in the 2013 federal elections, closely overcoming the 5% electoral threshold to secure seats in Bundestag, Persiscope broadcasts.

In 2014, the party won 7.1% of the vote, and 7 of Germany's 96 reserved state seats were secured in European elections.

February 15, 2015 The AfD won 6.1% of the vote in Hamburg state elections, winning the mandate for eight seats in the Hamburg Parliament. This has made it to secure the first seats in a western German state.

After several months of faction fighting and a cancelled party meeting in June 2015, on July 4, 2015, Frauke Petry was elected as the party's de facto main leader with 60% of the member's votes ahead of Bernd Luce at a party congress in Essen.

Its leadership was widely seen as a announcement of the party's shift to the right, to focus more on such issues as migration, Islam and strengthening ties with Russia. Moreover, this party stands out for xenophobia and for an increase in pro-Russian feelings.

And today in 2017 when general elections were held in the state of Germany, this party has managed to rise to 13.5 %.

But what is more serious to note about this party is worth mentioning the positive outcome it has received in East Germany, appearing as the second party behind Merkel's party, leaving Martin Schulzı's SPD behind.

The raising of AfD's has raised disappointment with the Germans because of its extremist policies against foreigners and Muslims.

Merkel has reacted to the AfDão result, saying that with the security of the seats in the German Bundestagin, it will bring new challenges./Periscopi/