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Markus Frohnmaier (l) and Emil Sähne, state chairwoman of the AfD Baden-Württemberg, stand together on the podium at the AfD state party conference.
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Tumult and boos in the hall: The special party conference of the Southwest AfD in Rottweil cannot begin as planned due to overcrowding in the town hall.
The hall has around 1,000 seats, but significantly more members and guests arrived on Saturday morning.
The AfD does not hold delegate conferences in the southwest, but rather member party conferences - and it is always completely unclear how many arrive and which camps they belong to.
Rottweil - On Saturday, the board argued on an open stage in front of the crowded hall about how to proceed and whether the party conference could even be held.
The co-state chairman Markus Frohnmaier asked everyone present to leave the hall so that only members with voting rights could then enter.
The two-day special party conference at the weekend is based on a letter of protest from 22 of the 37 district associations, which accuse seven board members of blocking Frohnmaier and co-chair Emil Sanzen.
dpa