The AfD is demanding a fundamental realignment of all policy areas ahead of the Sachsen‑Anhalt state election. “Welt” and “Politico” refer to an unpublished draft of the party’s campaign programme for the September vote, which is slated for discussion and approval at the state party conference in April in Magdeburg.
The draft’s central theme is the controversial idea of “remigration”. In 43 specific points the governing board in Sachsen‑Anhalt expands on previous AfD proposals. Among other things they call for an immediate stop to the admission of non‑EU foreigners, the abolition of subsidiary protection status-especially for Syrian war‑refugees-together with the removal of the right to asylum, replacing it with a state‑issued “grace” right. The programme also includes plans to deport serious double‑national criminals and to launch a “remigration offensive into Ukraine”. Ukrainians would no longer be treated as war refugees but would be urged to “seek refuge in western Ukraine”. In terms of internal security the draft proposes publishing the addresses of convicted pedophiles as a form of “minimal protection for the population”.
Concerning firearms, the draft calls for a “liberalisation with restraint”. The use of shock, irritant or signal weapons in public would no longer require a firearms licence, and political beliefs would cease to be examined during licence applications-only reliability would be considered.
Disability inclusion is labelled an “experiment”. The draft argues that children with disabilities would “hamper classroom progress” remain “behind their potential” and therefore ought to attend special schools. Rainbow flags would be banned from schools, and the curriculum would be required to present the “normal family consisting of a man and a woman raising children” as the ideal.
The programme also links rising abortion rates and falling birth rates to “sexual deviance and non‑reproductive lifestyles” which are allegedly more accepted and promoted than the “normal family”.
In opinion polls the AfD currently holds roughly 40 % support in Sachsen‑Anhalt, clearly ahead of the CDU, which is around 26-27 %. While the AfD may struggle to find a coalition partner in the state, a tolerance arrangement-perhaps through the BSW-is not entirely ruled out, and an outright parliamentary majority is only a few percentage points away.