Right wing populist movements never thrived in post-war Germany. But at the upcoming elections of May 2014, an explicitly EU-sceptical party could be elected for the first time into the European parliament: the "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD). Compared to right wing populist movements elsewhere, this national-conservative party shows some differences. The publication of Marcel Lewandowsky analyses the essential programmatic positions of the party, its membership and history, Yet, the long-term perspectives of the movement are not clear: just like its predecessors, it could also disappear again rather quickly.