BERLIN (Reuters) - The Alternative for Germany's (AfD) co-leader Frauke Petry said on Tuesday she was leaving the far-right party, dealing a major blow to its credibility just two days after it surged to third place in a national election.
Petry, the highest-profile figure in the AfD's more moderate wing, had shocked other senior members by saying on Monday she would not sit with the AfD in the Bundestag lower house and would instead sit as an independent member of parliament. Her husband, another senior AfD figure, is also leaving the party.
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