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Dresden (dpa) - Regardless of the third corona wave, 600 AfD delegates gathered for a federal party conference in Dresden on Saturday.
Dozens of people demonstrated loudly against the AfD's policies in front of the exhibition grounds.
About 100 participants in a bicycle parade had blocked an access road.
Therefore there were delays in arrival, the party congress started late.
According to the police, the protests remained peaceful.
A hygiene concept applies to the party congress.
The delegates have to wear masks in the hall and each sit at their own table.
The aim of the two-day event is the adoption of a program for the federal election on September 26th.
Whether the party will vote for one or two top candidates has not yet been decided.
It is possible that the members will vote on this later.
The chairman of the AfD parliamentary group, Alice Weidel, who formed a top duo together with Alexander Gauland four years ago, announced that she was not available for the top candidacy at this party congress.
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The AfD rejects most government measures to contain the corona pandemic.
She had already held a presence party conference last November.
The AfD wants with the slogan “Germany.
But normal. "
go into the election campaign.
In 2017, the party, at that time still chaired by Frauke Petry and Jörg Meuthen, entered the Bundestag for the first time with 12.6 percent of the vote.
Petry left the party shortly after the election.
Today Meuthen and the deputy chairman of the Bundestag faction, Tino Chrupalla, are at the head of the AfD.
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Federal party congress