Party "Alternative for Germany": program, attitude towards Russia

It seems that the migration crisis brings first fruits in Europe. In the regional elections in Germany, the leading party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), with a bang, loses to its closest political rivals. However, almost always in its place stood the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). But in these elections in the Bundestag, everything can be different - it is gaining ratings and takes the leading right-wing radical party "Alternative for Germany". We will discuss it in more detail below.

Disturbing bell in March

In the March elections in 2016, three shocking events for many European politicians took place in three German states: the two party German giants, the CDU and the SPD, began to lose the third force for the first time. Christian democrats headed by Merkel lost AdG even on their historical land - in Baden-Württemberg.

This indicates a serious dissatisfaction with the current development vector in the country, as the CDU today is the ruling party. The whole reason for the serious failures in foreign policy, which provoked colossal problems within German society.

Today a new force comes to the forefront - the party "Alternative for Germany". In the land of Saxony-Anhalt, she received more than 20 percent, overtaking the SPD more than twice.

The sunset of old Europe?

But the problem, called "Merkel and" Alternative for Germany, "is not only the Germans. In Europe, there is a change in the "old" system:

• The Christian democrats of post-war Italy are also a thing of the past.
• In Spain, there are constant political crises. The traditional center-right People's Party and the center-left Socialist Party have lost so many seats recently that they are no longer able to create a coalition of the majority. Without the support of alternative parties, such as, for example, the "Civil Platform", they can no longer make their own decisions.
• The "Independence Party of the United Kingdom" in the UK is already forcing to reconsider the traditional system in this country. The recent referendum on the withdrawal from the European Union speaks of the possible mass support of the party in the future.
• Also popular are the alternatives to the "old", the traditional "Five Star" party in Italy, the "National Front" in France.
• A protest vote in the US presidential election also says that the Americans are unhappy with the established party system.

Thus, the "Alternative for Germany" is not the only phenomenon in a country of developed Europe. The transformation of the old political system is gaining momentum. But we will try to understand the reasons for these processes.

"The Empire of Evil" is destroyed - the fighters are left

The reasons for such processes are that the political systems of Western countries were formed taking into account two circumstances:

1. The external enemy is the Soviet Union.
2. Internal - the communist threat.

To date, neither the "Empire of Evil" nor the danger of the "red plague" is no more. A center-right and left-centrist party system remained.

In addition, Western politicians are increasingly moving away from reality. Their course of development is aimed at implementing goals that are incomprehensible to ordinary voters.

The failed policy of combating migrants, active financial support for Greece, Portugal, not accepted by the population, foreign policy on confrontation in the world, economic sanctions against some countries, military intervention and inability to regulate external conflicts that led to the influx of refugees are not welcomed by the electorate. Year by year patience, apparently, comes to an end.

The conservatives of Europe seem to have forgotten about another problem - ultra-right forces. The right party "Alternative for Germany", which wins a rating in local territorial parliaments, is a vivid proof of this.

"We are ours, we will build a new world"?

But what is the ideological platform of the new political force? What is the party's "Alternative for Germany" attitude to Russia? How can the bilateral relations of our countries change if at the federal elections in the Bundestag this party wins? Let's try to understand.

A new political force appeared in 2013. Many incorrectly refer to it as the "Alternative" party. Germany already talked about the EU's dissatisfaction. This is understandable: it almost alone pulled on its shoulders the crisis countries of the EU: Greece, Portugal, some countries of Eastern Europe. But instead of gratitude for economic salvation, the Germans have to hear discontent from these countries. An example is Greece, whose financial assistance was generated by the speech of Greek politicians who claimed about Germany's obligation to pay reparations to Athens for World War II.

The future leader of the party "Alternative for Germany" Frauke Petri heard these sentiments and created an alliance of Eurosceptics with like-minded people.

After the creation of the political force, the AdG candidates immediately began to fight in the elections to the Landtags of the eight lands of Germany. The results were quite successful - from 5.5 to 25 percent.

Today, according to sociological surveys, it ranks third after the traditional CDU and the SPD. But the slogans put forward by the "Alternative for Germany" suggest that this is only the beginning.

The slogan is "Islam is not part of Germany"

Tolerance and religious tolerance in Europe led to the fact that many Islamists began to behave like the masters of the country. Cases of mass rape on the part of immigrants from the Arab republics, fights, attacks on women with loose hair are far from being the whole list of actions that migrants commit. AdG made it clear that she was an anti-Islamic party. She considers the norms of the Sharia to be incompatible with the values of Europe.

The slogan of the second is "The rejection of the euro"

Also against the European currency is the party "Alternative for Germany". Party leader Frauke Petri said that if the FRG does not stop experimenting with the euro, they intend to seek a referendum on the withdrawal from the EU. The recent breccinet on Britain's withdrawal from the Union showed that such appeals are not at all populist.

But AdG is not against Germany's EU membership. On the contrary, it declares its active participation in it, but only within the framework of economic cooperation. No federalization of the EU into a single state, following the example of the United States, should not be. The political union should again turn into the European Economic Community (EEC), as it was before 1992.

The third slogan is "Limitation of party power"

AdG proposes to hold referenda on key issues in Germany. No backstage laws that do not support the majority of citizens should not be. It is necessary to change the system of the Bundestag and the Landtags, to reduce the deputies, to limit the chancellor's rule by two terms, to institute an elected presidential power.

The slogan is the fourth - "Germany is obliged to become a member of the UN Security Council"

As for the first three slogans of AdG, they had to do with the internal affairs of the FRG. Although the transformation of the EU into the EEC from Germany does not depend and is populism. This can be traced in the fourth slogan - the desire to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

In addition, the foreign policy slogans are the following:

• Against the creation of a European army. The call for the withdrawal of Germany from NATO was not approved by the AdG Congress.
• Restoration of general military duty.
• Establishment of close relations with Russia as one of the main guarantors of security in the world.

The slogan is the fifth - "Refusal to protect the climate"

AdG first publicly announced a massive conspiracy of European ecologists and politicians. The climate is changing throughout the history of mankind. Global warming is replaced by global cooling. These are inevitable processes in nature. Emissions of carbon dioxide by mankind are a drop, compared with how much the world ocean can be "thrown out" by the same gas during periodic climate changes.

AdG calls to protect the environment, but refuses to recognize the 2000 law on renewable energy. According to the leaders of the party, this normative legal act is an example of a planned economy connected with the allocation of resources.

The slogan of the sixth one - "Return to atomic energy"

AdG also believes that it was a mistake to abandon nuclear energy. The party intends in case of victory in the elections to resume this resource, as well as abolish the law on renewable energy and subsidies for wind and solar energy.

Germany: elections. "Alternative for Germany" improves results

With each election process, the party consolidates its own advantage:

• September 2013 - the first elections to the Bundestag. The result is 4.7%.
• May 2014 - Elections to the European Parliament. The result is 7.1%.
• Elections to the Landtags - up to 20%.
• The last election in Berlin - "Alternative for Germany" is ahead of the CDU Merkel party.

The results of the elections make it clear that the "Alternative for Germany" can make adjustments to the modern political system of Germany. The era of the actual bipartisan system, in which only two forces - the CDU and the SPD - succeed each other in the Bundestag, may end. Today, it is likely that the left-of-center and center-right political forces will be replaced by a right-wing radical party, the "Alternative for Germany" party. What will happen next in Europe and the world? Nobody knows this today.