(L-R) Leadership member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far-right party Beatrix von Storch, the co-leader of the party's parliamentary group Alexander Gauland and AfD's chairman Joerg Meuthen talk at the opening of the congress of the party on early December 2, 2017 in Hanover, northern Germany. .The far-right AfD party who captured nearly 13 percent of the vote the September general election, gathers on December 2 and 3 to elect a new leadership, with police bracing for potentially violent street protests against the anti-migrant, anti-Islam party. / AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ