AfD chief promises to shut Germany's borders
Alice Weidel has announced that Berlin will also withdraw from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement. Read the full article at RT.com.
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Berlin will also withdraw from the World Health Organization and Paris Climate Agreement, Alice Weidel has said.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party aims to close the nation's borders and stop illegal migration if it gains a role in the government after the federal election in February, according to co-leader Alice Weidel.
Germans want “normality” and the AfD will deliver it to them, Weidel stated at a campaign rally in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt on Saturday. “We will start on Day One by closing the borders and rejecting every illegal entrant. We will tell the world that the German borders are finally closed.”
She further mentioned that the party intends to expel individuals who must leave the country and implement an “immediate moratorium on naturalization.”
Government data indicated that the number of migrants living in Germany with some form of international protection hit a record high of 3.48 million last year.
“We will leave the World Health Organization... we will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement; we will immediately cancel the carbon tax,” Weidel declared.
Criticizing the government's renewable energy initiatives, she pledged “an immediate halt to wind farms,” adding, “We will tear down these ugly structures.”
She also emphasized the AfD's plan to “cancel all subsidies for technologies that are expensive, but inefficient and destroy the backbone of our energy policy.”
“Germany is an industrial country,” which needs “cheap and safe energy,” Weidel argued, noting that a return to nuclear power is included in her party’s agenda. The last three nuclear power plants in Germany were closed in 2023.
“We want to have competition in the automobile market... We want electric cars to compete with our combustion engines. What is wrong with that?” she asked.
On the same day, around 9,000 people protested against the AfD event in Neu-Isenburg. Left-wing demonstrators reportedly clashed with police and attempted to set police vehicles on fire, according to Deutsche Welle.
The AfD, founded in 2013 and recognized for its hardline anti-immigration policies, is currently polling at about 20%, ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party at 16%, but trailing behind the center-right Christian Democratic Union at 31%.
James del Carmen contributed to this report for TROIB News
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party aims to close the nation's borders and stop illegal migration if it gains a role in the government after the federal election in February, according to co-leader Alice Weidel.
Germans want “normality” and the AfD will deliver it to them, Weidel stated at a campaign rally in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt on Saturday. “We will start on Day One by closing the borders and rejecting every illegal entrant. We will tell the world that the German borders are finally closed.”
She further mentioned that the party intends to expel individuals who must leave the country and implement an “immediate moratorium on naturalization.”
Government data indicated that the number of migrants living in Germany with some form of international protection hit a record high of 3.48 million last year.
“We will leave the World Health Organization... we will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement; we will immediately cancel the carbon tax,” Weidel declared.
Criticizing the government's renewable energy initiatives, she pledged “an immediate halt to wind farms,” adding, “We will tear down these ugly structures.”
She also emphasized the AfD's plan to “cancel all subsidies for technologies that are expensive, but inefficient and destroy the backbone of our energy policy.”
“Germany is an industrial country,” which needs “cheap and safe energy,” Weidel argued, noting that a return to nuclear power is included in her party’s agenda. The last three nuclear power plants in Germany were closed in 2023.
“We want to have competition in the automobile market... We want electric cars to compete with our combustion engines. What is wrong with that?” she asked.
On the same day, around 9,000 people protested against the AfD event in Neu-Isenburg. Left-wing demonstrators reportedly clashed with police and attempted to set police vehicles on fire, according to Deutsche Welle.
The AfD, founded in 2013 and recognized for its hardline anti-immigration policies, is currently polling at about 20%, ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party at 16%, but trailing behind the center-right Christian Democratic Union at 31%.
James del Carmen contributed to this report for TROIB News
