Why has the AfD lost support in Germany?
Another major factor in the AfD’s loss in support is party infighting which has played out publicly in recent months in a spate of scandals that have highlighted the far-right extremist streak running through the party.
Where is the AfD performing strongest in Germany?
The AfD is not only the largest opposition party in the Bundestag, it has managed to get into the European parliament and all the state parliaments But it is the Eastern States, the former GDR which reunited with West Germany in 1990, where the party is performing the strongest, polling over 20\%.
What is AfD and what do they believe?
AfD: What you need to know about Germany’s far-right party. The official AfD platform says that the party supports direct democracy, separation of state powers and the rule of law and order, but throughout its short history, critics have accused individual members of promoting neo-Nazi ideas and using neo-Nazi language.
What does the AfD want to do with migrants?
The AfD wants to seal the EU’s borders, institute rigorous identity checks along Germany’s national borders and set up holding camps abroad to prevent migrants from leaving for Germany in the first place.
Are ‘these are Merkel’s dead’?
Pretzell, former chairman of the AfD in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and husband to Frauke Petry, wrote, “These are Merkel’s dead,” shortly after news broke of the deadly attack on the Berlin Christmas market in December 2016.
What is the AfD’s position on climate change?
The AfD opposes subsidies in the energy market, claiming that they damage Germany’s competitiveness. The party’s position is on climate change is summed up in three sentences on its website: “Scientific research on the long-term development of the climate because of man-made CO2 emissions is fraught with uncertainty.
Why did Germany deport 15 rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan?
On September 12, 2017, a flight left Germany’s Düsseldorf airport for Afghanistan, carrying 15 rejected asylum seekers in what is the first group deportation to the country since a deadly car bomb blast near the German embassy in Kabul in late May.