by Jalala Huseynova
ALTERNATIVE
FOR
GERMANY
HISTORY
IDEOLOGY
POLITICAL POSITION
ACTIVITIES &
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
CONCLUSION
POLITICAL COMPARISON
INTRODUCTION
German: Alternative für
Deutschland, shortened AfD
nationalist, far-right
political party
Tino Chrupalla and
Alice Weidel
established in 2013
SINCE 2013 UNTILL TODAY
in 2012, Alexander
Gauland, Bernd Lucke
and Konrad Adam
formed the Electoral
Alternative 2013.
It was critical of
Germany's policy
toward the
eurozone crisis
HISTORY
They then decided to
form a party to
compete in the 2013
federal election.
The AfD's first
supporters were
economists, business
leaders, journalists
and former members
of the Christian
Democratic Union
IDEOLOGY
total rejection of the EU
German nationalism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
National conservatism
Anti-Islam
Anti-immigration
Antifeminism
Ultraconservatism
POLITICAL POSITION
far-right
or right-wing extremism
Ultranationalism
Nativist tendencies
ACTIVITIES
From the beginning, the AfD comprised three different
movements: the liberal economists, the national
conservatives and right-wing populists.
The party's radicalization began when hundreds of
thousands of people fled to Germany in 2015, seeking
protection from the war in Syria.
prevention of refugees ( 2016 )
EUROZONE ISSUES PRIMARILY
German security authorities on alert
In March 2021, the Federal Office for the Protection of
the Constitution (BfV) — the domestic intelligence
service — classified the entire party as a "suspected
right-wing extremist case."
opposed arms deliveries to Ukraine.
ACHIEVEMENTS
2024, november - limit its party
financing
those regional branches of the AfD are
polling between 31 and 36% of the vote
despite being the most radical right-wing.
Opinion polls currently show them as the
second-largest party nationwide.
lost reputation
AfD won 94 seats in the 2017 German federal
election and became the third-largest party
in the country, the largest opposition
party;
more towards the refugee crisis
a tropical problem
a fleeting phenomenon
COMPARISON WITH THE
OTHER PARTIES
In short, the relationship between AfD
and its voters is weak, and is mostly
defined by opposition to other parties
CONCLUSION
Previous non-voters
Anti-Merkel
“seismic shock” for the Germany
Witting, V., & Thurau, J. (2024, March 11). Germany’s AfD: Euroskeptics turned far-right
populists. dw.com. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-afd-euroskeptics-turned-far-right-
populists/a-64607308
REFERENCES
Explaining the Alternative für Deutschland party’s electoral success: The shadow of
Nazi voting. (2017, September 18). CEPR. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/explaining-
alternative-fur-deutschland-partys-electoral-success-shadow-nazi-voting
Mudde, C. (2019, May 29). What the stunning success of AfD means for Germany and
Europe. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/24/germany-
elections-afd-europe-immigration-merkel-radical-right
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