Alternative for Germany party reelects leaders as protesters and police clash
Weidel won 81.3% support as six of the 14 new board members came from state branches classified as right-wing extremist.
- On Saturday, July 4, 2026, Alternative for Germany delegates re-elected co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla at their national convention in Erfurt, with Weidel securing 81% support and Chrupalla 70%.
- Six of the 14 new federal board members originate from state branches Germany's domestic intelligence authorities classify as right-wing extremist organizations, complicating the party's ability to manage security scrutiny ahead of crucial 2026 elections.
- About 30,000 campaigners backed by trade unions, churches, and civil society organizations gathered in Erfurt for largely peaceful protests; Buchenwald Memorial director Jens-Christian Wagner urged the party to "remigrate yourselves into the history books."
- Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius conceded on Sunday the federal government is 'preoccupied' with sharing intelligence information with AfD officials, citing alleged close ties to Russia, while Chrupalla dismissed protesters as 'thugs.'
- Capitalizing on current polls showing about 30% support, the AfD is leveraging 'remigration'—describing large-scale deportations—as a central campaign theme for three important state elections scheduled for 2026, hoping to secure its first state premier.
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More than 80 years after the end of National Socialism, the extreme right has never been closer to governing in Germany than today. Some 31,000 demonstrators are protesting against the ultra-right AfD congress in Germany Alternative for Germany (AfD) is at its best moment in history. The polls give ultra training first place not only in several regions of the east of the country, where it exceeds 40%, but also at the federal level. The extreme …
Far-right AfD reaffirms ambition to govern Germany
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has reaffirmed its ambition to govern the country. Wrapping up the party's national convention in Erfurt, the capital of the eastern state of Thuringia, re-elected co-leader Alice Weidel was pointing to current opinion polls that see the party in the lead across Germany. "We are the strongest force. We are a people's party with 30% support. And we will govern," she said. Earlier, delegates had co…
German Far-Right AfD Masks Party Rift as Leaders Win Re-Election
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany re-elected its leadership at a party congress on Saturday as it sought to make a show of unity ahead of key regional elections in eastern Germany this autumn, where the party could enter government for the first time.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on Saturday. They blocked major roads and disrupted public transport in an attempt to prevent the annual congress of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). However, members of the far-right party managed to reach the event.
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