Germany's AfD picks election duo after unruly party congress
Cologne, Germany
GERMANY'S anti-immigration AfD wrapped up a fractious party congress on Sunday by choosing a new team to lead it into a September general election, after dramatically sidelining its most prominent personality.
Capping two days of often bitter debate on its platform and personnel, the Alternative for Germany appointed two chief candidates: 76-year-old Alexander Gauland, a hardline defector from Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU, and Alice Weidel, 38, an openly lesbian former investment banker.
The party's tele…
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