Divisions over economic and social policy are surfacing on the right wing. “Le Pen's party advocates a protectionist line, while the AfD, although also anti-euro, has liberal economic leanings. The German party backs the privatization of some state services and views competitive markets as ‘preferable to state intervention.’ The dissenters accused [Frauke] Petry of not waiting for party top ranks to give their opinion on the meeting before she went public with the plan to join in” a meeting with FN’s Marine Le Pen.