He is a Professor of macroeconomics at the University of Hamburg, a co-founder of "Wahlalternative 2013" (translated: "Election Alternative 2013"), and a founding member of the party Alternative for Germany, which contends that the Euro threatens European integration.
Frauke Petry (née Marquardt; born 1 June 1975) is a German chemist, businesswoman and politician who has been one of three elected party spokespersons of Alternative for Germany since 2013.
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The Danish People's Party, UK Independence Party and the Alternative for Germany refused to join the new alliance, while the more radical and anti-Semitic European nationalist parties such as National Democratic Party of Germany, the British National Party, Greek Golden Dawn and Hungarian Jobbik were not permitted to.