Normally, in a Bundestag election (fall of 2017 was the last one)....you run as a candidate in a district, and upon winning....go to Berlin to represent the party, and the district.
This is how Verena Hartmann came to Berlin as a member of the AfD Party (the anti-immigration political party).
In the past few days (with MDR reporting this), Hartmann has given notice to the AfD Party that she is quitting the party but staying there in the Bundestag as a representative of the district.
Why? This goes back to a particular personality within the AfD Party....Björn Höcke. About eight months ago, a number of members of the AfD Party signed off on a 'warning' to the party that they didn't want the AfD Party to become the Björn Höcke Party.
The best description of Björn Höcke? He is a big-time player in the region of Thuringian, and as much a nationalist as one can be. Educated, and somewhat gifted on speech skills....he draws crowds.
For disgruntled AfD numbers? We are up to five members who've quit the party in the past three years.
I would suggest that part of the issue is that the party has yet to reach full maturity, and personality clashes are part of the current existence of the party.
The likely chance that more will resign? I'd say it's more than likely, and it says something about the membership of the party. At any point, when the CDU or SPD Parties wake up and resolve the migrant issue in some way to bring back voters....the AfD Party will dissolve away to a party of less than 5-percent of the voting public.
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