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AfD in the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany. On 9 June 2024, the AfD won 16% of the vote in the European Parliament elections, second only to the CDU/CSU and almost five percentage points more than in the 2019 election. [150] [151] The AfD prevailed in all five former East German states. [152] [153]
Alice Elisabeth Weidel (German pronunciation: [aˈliːsə ˈvaɪdl̩]; born 6 February 1979) is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022. [1] Since October 2017, she has held the position of leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the ...
AfD initiated legal action and was allowed to hold their congress in Grugahalle as planned. In 2015, the significant 4th Federal Party Congress in the Essen Grugahalle occurred, which led to the strengthening of the right-wing faction that still dominates the party.
The AfD's positions on immigration and environmental policies have sparked significant public discourse, shaping debates on Germany's political landscape. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Political scientist Prof. Dr. Simon Franzmann noted that Germany must coexist with right-wing populist parties containing far-right elements for the foreseeable future. [ 4 ]
Udo Hemmelgarn has been an AfD member of the Bundestag since 2017. He supports the Assad government and demands German support of the Russian involvement in Syria. In 2019 Hemmelgarn organized a secret trip of four AfD members of the Bundestag to Syria. He is a strong supporter of a "new Syria-policy" in the Bundestag.
In early 2024, [1] widespread protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party took place in Germany, after a report by investigative journalist group Correctiv revealed the presence of in-office party members at the meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023, centered on "remigration" proposals to organize mass deportations of foreign-born Germans, including those ...
The Alternative for Germany donation scandal (German: AfD-Spendenaffäre) was a political scandal that broke in 2018 in which the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) was found to have accepted financial contributions in contravention of conditions within German laws regulating donations to political parties. [1]
Lars Herrmann (born 12 April 1977) is a German police officer and politician for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), having been a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) from 2013 until 2019. From 2017 to 2021, he was a member of the Bundestag, the federal legislative body. He used to a member of the völkisch-nationalistic Flügel of ...