AfD Saxony-Anhalt
The AfD Saxony-Anhalt is the state association of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The state association is led by the member of parliament Martin Reichardt as state chairman. With André Poggenburg as the top candidate, the AfD Sachsen-Anhalt ran for the first time in a state election in 2016 and subsequently represented the second largest parliamentary group in the seventh state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. In January 2021, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony-Anhalt classified the state association as a suspected right-wing extremist. In November 2023, the state association was classified as a “definite right-wing extremist effort”. This classification gives the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony-Anhalt broader discretion in using intelligence efforts to monitor the group. Controversies The AfD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt called for a demonstra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Right-wing Populism
Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric employs anti-elitist sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to or for the " common people". Recurring themes of right-wing populists include neo-nationalism, social conservatism, and economic nationalism. Frequently, they aim to defend a national culture, identity, and economy against perceived attacks by outsiders. Right-wing populism in the Western world is generally associated with ideologies such as anti-environmentalism, anti-globalization, nativism, and protectionism. In Europe, the term is often used to describe groups, politicians, and political parties generally known for their opposition to immigration, especially from the Muslim world, and for Euroscepticism. Right-wing populists may support expanding the welfare state, but only for those they deem fit to r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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State Office For The Protection Of The Constitution
The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (german: Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz; ) is a state-level security agency in Germany. In seven federal states of Germany, it is a semi-independent agency called and reports to the state's interior ministry. In the nine remaining federal states, it is organized as a division within the state's interior ministry. The following states, mostly Western German, have a detached : * * Bayerisches Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz * * * * * Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Sachsen The following nine states, both in the East and West part, have a division within each state Interior Ministry handling constitutional protection: * * * * * * * * * See also * List of intelligence agencies of Germany List of intelligence agencies of Germany: Currently active *Federal Intelligence Service (BND) (in german: Bundesnachrichtendienst): foreign and military intelligence * Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2021 Saxony-Anhalt State Election
The 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 6 June 2021 to elect the 8th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The outgoing government was coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democratic Party (SPD), and The Greens, led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff. The CDU won an unexpectedly strong 37.1% of votes, an increase of 7.4 percentage points. The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) finished on 20.8%, a decline of 3.4 percentage points. The Left and SPD each suffered their worst ever results in the state, recording 11.0% and 8.4% respectively. The Free Democratic Party (FDP), which narrowly failed to re-enter the Landtag in 2016, won 6.4% of votes and 7 seats. The Greens finished on an unexpectedly low 5.9%, only a slight improvement from their previous result. On 6 July, the CDU, SPD, and FDP began coalition negotiations. The three parties presented a draft coalition agreement on 9 August, which was later approved by each party's membership. Haseloff was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 Saxony-Anhalt State Election
The 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff lost its majority. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted at 24.3%, with every other parliamentary party recording losses, particularly the SPD and The Left. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the SPD and The Greens, which was dubbed the "Kenya coalition". Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President on 25 April. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. Opinion polling Election result The actual result was significantly different from what prior opinion polling indicated. In comparison to the late-campaign polls, the AfD scored approximately 6% higher, while The Left and SPD each scored around 5% lower. The Left were expected to suffer only small los ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Farle
Robert Farle (born 16 February 1950) is a German tax consultant, lawyer and politician. The former member of the German Communist Party (DKP) joined the Alternative for Germany in 2015. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag for Mansfeld since 2021. See also * List of members of the 20th Bundestag This is a list of members of the 20th and current Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. The 20th Bundestag was elected in the 26 September 2021 federal election, and was constituted in its first session on 26 October 2021. The 20th Bun ... References 1950 births Living people 21st-century German politicians Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kay-Uwe Ziegler
Kay-Uwe Ziegler (born 27 October 1963) is a German politician for the AfD and since 2021 a member of the Bundestag, the federal diet. Life and politics Ziegler was born 1963 in the East German city of Eisenach Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, sit .... Ziegler was directly elected to the Bundestag in 2021. References 1963 births People from Eisenach Members of the Bundestag for Saxony-Anhalt Living people Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jan Wenzel Schmidt
Jan Wenzel Schmidt (born 8 October 1991 in Magdeburg, Germany) is a German politician for the AfD and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet. Schmidt is member of the right-wing extremist AfD state association Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the .... Life and politics Schmdit became member of AfD in 2014. One year later he was co-founder of the rightwing extremist youth organization Junge Alternative ( young alternative for Germany) and became their first chairmen. In 2016 he was elected to the Landtag of Saxony Anhalt. He became member of the Bundestag in 2021. References Living people 1991 births People from Magdeburg Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 21st-century German politicians {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nadine Koppehel
Nadine Koppehel (born 1977) is a German politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. She has been a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt since 2021. Koppehel is member of the right-wing extremist AfD state association Saxony-Anhalt. Koppehel is an office clerk. She was office manager and financial accountant in the offices of AfD member of parliament Andreas Mrosek in Berlin, Dessau-Roßlau and Gräfenhainichen. According to herself, she became a member of AfD in 2015. She was elected to the city council of Oranienbaum-Wörlitz and then of Wittenberg in 2019. At the 2021 Saxony-Anhalt election Koppehel got elected to the Landtag A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non- .... She is one of two womean in the AfD fraction, consisting of 23 MoP. She is si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Matthias Büttner (1983)
Matthias Büttner (born 4 November 1990) is a German politician for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), having joined in 2014. Since 2017, Büttner is a member of the Bundestag, the German federal legislative body. Büttner is member of the right-wing extremist AfD state association Saxony-Anhalt. Büttner was born 1990 in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt and became after his abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen yea ... IT-specialist. References Living people 1990 births People from Stendal Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |