State election campaign - Brandenburg AfD will with the election pose the 'power question'
The Brandenburg AfD will launch a "Policy for the Germans" at the autumn state election to take over the government. "It's time we freed the middle of society from the hostage situation of the ruling parties," said Landeschef René Springer at the campaign kickoff in Werder (Havel). The goal is to become the strongest force on September 22nd, to raise the power question, and to assume government responsibility. The AfD has not yet identified a potential coalition partner - all established parties have rejected cooperation. The Brandenburg Constitutional Protection Agency classifies the AfD state association as a suspected right-wing extremist case.
Spokesperson Hans-Christoph Berndt referred to the AfD as a "People's Party": "We are the only party in Germany that openly identifies with the German people without ifs and buts," said the Landtagsfraktion leader. He described the party as the "heirs of the People's Uprising of June 17, 1753, and the peaceful revolution."
Shoulder to Shoulder with "Compact"-Magazine
Berndt emphasized the close relationship with organizations that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified as reliably right-wing extremist. The AfD can only be a real alternative for Germany if it maintains a lively exchange with the grassroots, said Berndt. He named, among others, the AfD youth organization Young Alternative, the banned "Compact"-Magazine, the association "One Percent," and the dissolved "Institute for State Politics" in Schnellroda in Saxony-Anhalt.
"We stand with 'Compact'," said Berndt. "We stick together, and we resist together." Landeschef Springer said that with the ban on the "Compact"-Magazine, the federal government had "trampled on press and freedom of opinion with their feet."
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had banned the media company of the constitutionally protected right-wing extremist "Compact"-Magazine and the Conspect Film GmbH.
AfD campaigns with the slogan "It's time."
The AfD enters the campaign with the slogan "It's time." In the latest survey by the Institute Insa for the "Bild" newspaper in Brandenburg, the AfD leads with 24% compared to the SPD with 19% and the CDU with 18%.
In its election program, the AfD demands a massive deportation program, the dissolution of the Constitutional Protection Agency, a slowdown of climate protection measures, and the abolition of broadcasting fees. A so-called repatriation program should be implemented in the first month after the government takes office.
At the campaign kickoff, Berlin's former CDU Finance Senator Peter Kurth also attended. At a meeting last summer, among others, with radical right-wingers in his apartment, the Austrian Martin Sellner had also spoken, who is considered a tactician of the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement.
The AfD's goal in the upcoming Brandenburg State election is to become the strongest force on September 22nd, raising the 'question of power' and assuming government responsibility. Berndt, the AfD's spokesperson, described the party as the "heirs of the People's Uprising of June 17, 1753," and a "People's Party." He emphasized the importance of maintaining relationships with organizations like the AfD youth organization, the banned "Compact"-Magazine, and others. Berndt stated, "We stand with 'Compact,' we stick together, and we resist together." The federal government, led by Interior Minister Faeser of the SPD, had banned the media company of the constitutionally protected right-wing extremist "Compact"-Magazine and Conspect Film GmbH. The AfD entered the campaign with the slogan "It's time," leading in the latest survey with 24% compared to SPD and CDU. In its election program, the AfD demands a massive deportation program, dissolution of the Constitutional Protection Agency, a slowdown of climate protection measures, and abolition of broadcasting fees.
