positions in two of the AfD's state associations. In January 2022, Meuthen declared that he would resign from the party chairmanship with immediate effect and resign from the AfD. Notable AfD-politician Jörg Meuthen resigned in January 2022 from the party chairmanship and from the AfD. He justified this with the fact that he had lost the power struggle with the formally dissolved right-wing extremist "Der Flügel" over the political direction of AfD. Meuthen criticized that the party had developed far to the right and was in large parts no longer concurrent with the Liberal democratic basic order in Germany. Important persons and influence Andreas Kalbitz, spokesman of AfD Regional Association Brandenburg, banned from AfD in 2020, spokesman of Flügel Björn Höcke, spokesman of AfD state Association Thuringia, spokesman of Flügel Götz Kubitschek, a theorist of Neue Rechte Frank Pasemann, former member of Bundestag, excluded 2020 from AfD, still active within the party Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, activist of Neue Rechte with connections to IB, member of Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt for AfD Christine Anderson, Member of European Parliament for AfD, once spokesman of Flügel References 2015 establishments in Germany German nationalism Far-right politics in Germany Anti-Islam sentiment in Germany Anti-immigration politics in Germany Antisemitism in Germany Historical negationism Islamophobia in Europe Political party factions in Germany Radicalization Alternative for Germany