Citizens' Assembly - Nockemann is AfD top candidate for the citizens' vote in 2025
The AfD Hamburg has chosen Dirk Nockemann (66) as their candidate for the Bürgerschaftswahl 2025. At the so-called nomination assembly on Saturday in Bürgersaal Wandsbek, the current AfD fraction leader and state chairman received 94 percent of the votes, according to the party's announcement. Krzysztof Walczak is in second place on the state list, followed by Alexander Wolf, Marco Schulz, Thomas Reich, Eugen Seiler, Benjamin Mennerich, and Peggy Heitmann. The Bürgerschaftswahlprogramm was supposed to be debated and passed at a Landesparteitag on Sunday. The next election is expected to take place on March 2, 2025.
The AfD also passed their election program. According to party statements, the focus of the 50-page document are the topics of Home, Freedom, Security, and Rule of Law. Demands include the expulsion of foreign criminals, harsher sentences for criminals, better police equipment, and more justice personnel. The residence permit should be reformed, and the state treaty with Islamic organizations should be dissolved.
Regarding traffic, the AfD reportedly opposes reducing four lanes to two on large roads. The massive parking lot demolition must be stopped. In education, the AfD demands that Hamburg should be a leader. To achieve this, among other things, school performance centers should be introduced. In the economy, the AfD opposes the partial sale of the Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG HHLA to the shipping company MSC. The business tax should be lowered, and the secondary housing tax should be abolished.
In preparation for the Municipal election in 2025 on March 2, Dirk Nockemann, the current AfD fractions leader and state chairman, was elected as the AfD Hamburg's candidate during a nomination assembly in Wandsbek on Saturday. Krzysztof Walczak, a party member, was announced to be in second place on the state list, with Alexander Wolf, Marco Schulz, Thomas Reich, Eugen Seiler, Benjamin Mennerich, and Peggy Heitmann following. Interestingly, the citizens' assembly planned to debate and pass the Bürgerschaftswahlprogramm at a Landesparteitag on Sunday, but this was not explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
