Below from Grok. I asked it to summarise the AfD platform, in the wake of big wins for the AfD in Germany. Which are widely labelled “far-right” even “neo-Nazi”.
But these policies are close to those of a Bill Clinton. Or an Australian Labor’s Bob Hawke. Or a British Tory Party of recent years. They would never have been characterised as “far- right”. Conservative, yes, or centrist-Democrat (Bill Clinton, even Obama). But not “far-right”, let alone “neo-Nazi”. That’s how far the Overton Window has shifted Left, that anyone gives these slurs any credence at all.
I read the AfD platform below and I agree with most of it. As would anyone who yearns for a decent, well-run, safe and secure country. As have a majority of Germans in recent elections.
The push back on the“far right” and “neo-Nazi” slurs should be strong.
Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is a German right-wing populist party. Its 2025 Bundestag election program (“Zeit für Deutschland”) and longer-standing Grundsatzprogramm emphasize national sovereignty, strict limits on immigration, lower taxes and regulation, traditional energy sources, and a more direct form of democracy.
Immigration, asylum, and citizenship
This is the party’s signature issue. AfD calls for:
- Full control and closure of borders against illegal entry; people without papers or a valid claim would be turned back.
- Processing of asylum applications outside Germany.
- Switching asylum support from cash to in-kind benefits and cutting or ending benefits for people without a legal right to stay.
- Large-scale “Remigration” (deportations) of those required to leave.
- Ending fast-track naturalizations; citizenship would not be automatic.
- Withdrawing from the EU asylum system and from UN migration/refugee pacts.7
Economy, taxes, and welfare
The party presents itself as pro-social-market-economy and pro-Mittelstand:
- Broad tax cuts (income, corporate, energy, and consumption taxes); higher tax-free allowance (proposed at €14,000); abolition of the Solidarity surcharge and CO₂ levy.
- Less regulation and bureaucracy; repeal of supply-chain and similar laws.
- Abolition of inheritance and wealth taxes.
- Tightening of Bürgergeld (citizen’s income), especially for non-citizens; stronger work requirements (“Fordern und Fördern”).
- Measures to raise the birth rate through family incentives rather than relying on immigration for labor.5
Energy and climate
AfD rejects the Energiewende as implemented and questions or downplays anthropogenic climate change as the basis for current policy:
- Restart and expand nuclear power; keep and build coal plants.
- Resume cheap Russian gas (including repairing Nord Stream).
- End subsidies for wind and solar, scrap CO₂ pricing and the emissions-trading system.
- Repeal the combustion-engine ban and building-energy rules that force heat-pump conversions.3
Europe, euro, and foreign policy
- Transform the EU into a looser “Europe of nations” or “Bund europäischer Nationen” focused on the single market, external borders, and security cooperation rather than deeper political integration.
- Leave the euro and restore a national currency (possibly in parallel at first).
- Foreign policy based on German national interest; more pragmatic relations with Russia and China; continued NATO membership until a capable European alternative exists.13
Society, family, security, and institutions
- Traditional family defined as father, mother, and children; opposition to “gender ideology,” early sexualization in schools, and gender-inclusive language in public institutions.
- Direct democracy via Swiss-style referendums; limits on party power and public-broadcasting funding (reform or replace the GEZ-financed system with a slimmer basic service).
- Stronger police, preventive detention for high-risk individuals, lower age of criminal responsibility, and deportation of foreign offenders.6
These positions come from the party’s own 2025 election documents and earlier basic program. Implementation would require major legal changes (including EU and constitutional law) and is contested by other parties and parts of the German state. For the full text, see the official AfD site (afd.de) under the 2025 Wahlprogramm and Grundsatzprogramm.
Germans have had enough. GB News. It’s a tactical mistake for conservative parties to refuse to deal with the AfD.
