The Islamophobic and anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) was dealt further setbacks Tuesday as its co-leader said she was leaving the party, prompting more defections of local MPs.
Party co-leader Frauke Petry had already shocked her colleagues on Monday when she announced she would not join the AfD's parliamentary group in the Bundestag because of "dissent" with more hardline colleagues. Instead she will serve as an independent MP.