AfD leader Alice Weidel has accused the traffic light coalition and the Union of “deceiving voters” with the announced tightening of security and migration policy. “This is pure panic before the state elections,” she said at the end of the Saxon AfD’s election campaign in Dresden.
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“If there had been political will, something could have been done long ago,” said Weidel. There is no point in writing off the AfD program at the last minute. AfD For example, I have been demanding benefits in kind rather than cash for asylum seekers for years.
As a consequence of the deadly knife attack in Solingen, the federal government had previously agreed on new measures to protect against Islamist terror, against irregular migration and to tighten gun laws. The Union, for its part, had called for a stricter migration policy after Solingen.
Weidel: “Blue miracle” throughout Saxony and Thuringia
Weidel was confident of victory in the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia on September 1. “The Blue Wonder will not only be Dresden happen on Sunday, but throughout Saxony and Thuringia we are ensuring the Blue Wonder,” she said, referring to the famous Dresden Elbe Bridge. She admired Saxony for its tradition of freedom, said Weidel, and repeated her call for a “second 1989.”
AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla was also convinced of his party’s success: “We will win on September 1,” he said at the beginning of his speech. The goal is to turn the republic around from Dresden.
Saxony AfD leader Jörg Urban accused the CDU of not keeping its election promises and of forgetting them again after the election. He called on the audience to send the CDU into opposition and to put an end to the “betrayal of the interests of our citizens”. “Our country needs a change of power,” said Urban.
Hitler salute shown
The event on Theaterplatz was accompanied by loud counter-protests. According to the police, both gatherings were peaceful. However, a 26-year-old and a 33-year-old gave the Hitler salute. They must now answer for using symbols of unconstitutional organizations. A 50-year-old is also accused of insult.
The police also followed up on tips from social media and identified a 19-year-old rally participant who is said to have shown the “Kühnen salute” – a variation of the Hitler salute. According to the police, all four suspects were participants in the AfD election campaign event.
AfD leader Alice Weidel has accused the traffic light coalition and the Union of “deceiving voters” with the announced tightening of security and migration policy. “This is pure panic before the state elections,” she said at the end of the Saxon AfD’s election campaign in Dresden.
“If there had been political will, something could have been done long ago,” said Weidel. There is no point in writing off the AfD program at the last minute. AfD For example, I have been demanding benefits in kind rather than cash for asylum seekers for years.
As a consequence of the deadly knife attack in Solingen, the federal government had previously agreed on new measures to protect against Islamist terror, against irregular migration and to tighten gun laws. The Union, for its part, had called for a stricter migration policy after Solingen.
