Economics
With Merkel's Foes in Disarray, Germany Defies the Trump Trend
- Frauke Petry, AfD’s public face, won’t be top party candidate
- Riven by infighting, AfD has lost a third of its poll support
Populism Takes Over the World
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Back in January, Frauke Petry of the Alternative for Germany party shared a stage with her fellow populist leaders from across Europe to mark what was billed as “the Year of Patriots.”
Buoyed by the election of Donald Trump, Petry joined Marine Le Pen of France and Dutchman Geert Wilders in the German city of Koblenz to predict that Europe’s establishment was about to be swept away.