Europäische und zivilgesellschaftliche Hintergründe der euro(pa)skeptischen Partei Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)

The founding and rapid membership development of the euro-sceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) in 2013 follows similar developments of right wing populist parties in other EU member states. Since the no-votes in popular referenda in France and the Netherlands the erstwhile "permissive consensus" with regard to core questions of European unification appears fragile even among the founders of the E…