Leader AfD Tino Chrupalla confirmed the information of the weekly “Junge Freiheit”, which quoted the statement of party treasurer Carsten Huetter: “On Sunday we will adopt The 50,000th party member“.
In addition, approximately two thousand other interested parties submitted applications for admission to the groupwhich are still under consideration. “Huetter therefore assumes that By the end of the year, the number of AfD members will increase to approximately 52,000.” writes the portal.
Germany. AfD is growing in numbers
Just over a year ago – in September 2023 – the party numbered 34,000. membersand a year earlier about 29 thousand. At the AfD party conference in Essen at the end of June, Chrupalla predicted that the number would be 50,000. will be exceeded in the fall.
For comparison – October 1 Christian Democrat CDU had approximately 363 thousand memberswhile SPD had 365,000 of them. at the turn of the year. About 130,000 people belonged to the Green Party in the spring. people, the liberal FDP had about 72 thousand. people at the turn of the year, and the Left – about 50 thousand.
According to the founder of the populist BSW, Sahra Wagenknecht, “less than five thousand people are involved in the activities of her group,” wrote the RND website.
Germany. The Alternative for Germany is gaining ground
Additionally The AfD gained after the collapse of the German governmentas a recent survey indicated. “Bild” reported on Tuesday that The Alternative for Germany recorded the largest increase in support – 19.5%.gaining 1.5 percentage points.
“According to the head of the Insa institute, Hermann Binkert, support for the far right is growing for two reasons: the collapse of the coalition and the victory Donald Trump in the US presidential elections,” the publication reported. The survey shows that support of the German Chancellor's SPD Olaf Scholza has not changed and remains at 15.5 percent.
Let us also recall that although AfD did not win the local elections in Brandenburg – the winner was the ruling SPD – the differences between the groups were small. The chancellor's party German won 31 percent votes, a An alternative for Germany 30 proc.
AfD is a far-right party founded in 2013. The group was established on the initiative of economist Bernd Lucke. AfD members are often – in the media – often described as pro-Russian. Controversy is caused not only by their alleged connections with the Kremlin, but also by their attitude towards historical policy from 1933-1945.