Pope Leo has received AfD Bundestag member Kaufmann at the Vatican. The politician used the meeting to explain his party's positions.
The reception took place on Sunday. Kaufmann had previously been excluded from the Catholic Day event in Germany.
The MP discussed AfD principles with the Pope. He hopes the meeting will improve the party's public image.
Julia Klöckner of the CDU had earlier criticized AfD positions. She saw difficulties reconciling them with the Christian view of humanity.
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The AfD re-elected Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla as chairs at its federal party conference in Erfurt. Protests against the event proceeded mostly peacefully.
In the Bundestag's economic committee, AfD candidate Malte Kaufmann received 16 votes in the election for vice-chair, even though the party holds only ten seats.
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Several AfD politicians' trip to the economic forum in St. Petersburg will be discussed in the Bundestag on Thursday. Coalition factions from the Union and SPD have requested a current affairs hour.
The police union has revoked the supporting membership of an AfD state parliament member in Rhineland-Palatinate. The reason is his party affiliation. The politician in question described the move as remarkable.
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Wolfgang Kubicki has taken over as FDP chair after Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann challenged him narrowly. The two are now exchanging conciliatory tones.
A current poll shows the AfD reaching a new record in Brandenburg and clearly surpassing the SPD and CDU coalition partners.
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Wolfgang Kubicki has taken over the FDP leadership with 59.3 percent of the vote. One day after the ballot in Berlin he sharply criticized his defeated rival Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann.