AfD presents its electoral program for Germany: cheap energy from nuclear power and Russian gas
The German identity party AfD on Friday unveiled an emergency program for the federal government that it would implement if it went into government, all via the voice of its two co-leaders. The ten-point strategy focuses on reducing energy costs to stop the "deindustrialization of Germany", as well as a strict refugee policy, an end to any containment measures introduced with the Coronavirus and the use of referendums.
AfD leaders, Chrupalla, Weider
In addition, the plants that were shut down in 2022-2023 should return to operation while new nuclear reactors should be built, said leader Alice Weidel. His party will also strike out from the "unspeakable ban on oil and gas heating" as well as the "completely pointless ban on combustion engines". However, this ban on new cars from 2035 was decided at EU level. In this context Weidel criticized former Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), who had not expressed any objection to this.
The AfD also wants the CO₂ tax on heating oil, natural gas, petrol or diesel to be abolished. In addition, the commuter allowance should be increased to 50 cents from the first kilometer.
Tino Chrupalla, the second co-leader of the AfD, said the government would also initiate the "immediate repair and commissioning of Nord Stream". The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines running under the Baltic Sea to transport Russian natural gas to Germany were destroyed by explosions at the end of September 2022, thus confirming the desire to resume natural gas imports from Russia
According to Chrupalla, the AfD wants to reduce federal spending "in the areas of migration, climate and development policy". Comprehensive border protection should be introduced as a measure against the influx of refugees. Weidel added that migrants in AfD-led Germany "should no longer receive benefits in cash," only in kind. Furthermore, the law that facilitates the naturalization of immigrants will be cancelled
According to the two leaders, the semaphore coalition "will not go away fast enough to avoid the destruction of the country". They also addressed the FDP stating that they "should be ashamed to be the servants" of such a government.
The German economic and social crisis is providing a strong electoral boost to the AfD, a tough opposition party, unwilling to compromise like the CDU which comes from the experience of the Grosse Koalitione which is continuing at the European level. This has led the party to between 20% and 22% of the vote in the latest polls:
AfD is now the second German party, with a good chance of becoming the first, forcing either the CDU to negotiate, or to make yet another wild pile
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