AfD: from anti-euro party to far-right force with nationalist and revisionist agenda

Alternative for Germany (AfD) was established as an anti-euro party in 2013. With the 2015 migration crisis, and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, it became a basically anti-immigration party. AfD shares a program with other European far-right parties, but offers nuances that make it very particular and disturbing.

AfD is in favor of reducing the concept of asylum and deporting people without a residence permit. They have adopted the concept of “remigration,” very similar to the policy now practiced by the Trump administration in the United States. He also wants to increase immigration controls at the border. In the party there are those nostalgic for Nazism and also neo-Nazis. That a part of Germany is once again governed by a party of this nature raises concern throughout Europe.

The AfD believes that traditional German culture should be promoted to the detriment of other manifestations. Rejection of political Islam. Members of the party have already shown their willingness to marginalize artistic manifestations of German modernity between the wars. Some of its leaders have indicated that the feeling of guilt of German society for its responsibility in the Holocaust is a burden that must be removed.

The AfD is against climate change policy and wants the European Union to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Promotes continued use of fossil fuels and a return to nuclear energy.

The party led by Alice Waidel proposes that the European Union return most of its powers to the member states. The AfD promotes in-depth reform of the European government, but talks openly about Germany leaving the EU.

The AfD is in favor of strengthening the role of the traditional family and wants to promote birth rates with subsidies to families. It is contrary to the gender policies that have been practiced in recent years.

The AfD wants Germany to rearm and practice a foreign policy guided by its own interests and not by the government's commitments to multilateral organizations. The party is in favor of restoring relations with Russia and reducing support for Ukraine in its conflict with Moscow.

The German far-right proposes that state intervention in the economy be reduced and that taxes be lowered. It is contrary to any type of financial rescue of other countries in the Union.