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Far-right AfD reelects leaders amid protests

Pablo Foley Elias | Michaela Küfner | Alex Gerst
June 29, 2024

As the AfD co-leaders attacked Germany's ruling coalition during their party congress, tens of thousands of people protested outside the venue in Essen.

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