FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech during an election rally in Ludwigshafen, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
GREIFSWALD, Germany (Reuters) - Vowing to "shove her off the throne", Leif-Erik Holm of the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is mounting a robust challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel in her constituency as she seeks re-election on Sept. 24.
Merkel, 63, has held the northeastern district bordering the Baltic Sea since she entered parliament in 1990, though she grew up in Templin - due south and in the next state. Holm, 47, a self-styled "local boy", says he wants to "send Merkel home".
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