Bundestag: Course determination and rules of conduct: AfD parliamentary group in exam

The AfD in the Bundestag is at a course for the coming months at a closed conference in Berlin. At the start of the two-day meeting, the faction decided a seven-point paper in which essential AfD positions are confirmed.

Germany is in crisis, it says. The “desolate situation” was brought about by “continued wrong decisions by the old parties”. Among other things, crime and economic problems are led. In the paper, the parliamentary group advocates a tough border policy, for deportations “especially to Syria and Afghanistan”, for tax cuts as well as repair and commissioning the North Stream gas pipes from Russia.

The points in the topicality would have lost nothing, said co-party and parliamentary group leader Tino Chrupalla. Co-boss Alice Weidel attacked Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). Those who had linked hope of changing a policy with the choice of the CDU were “bitterly disappointed,” she said.

Group also advises on rules of conduct

At the exam, the parliamentary group also wants to be rules of conduct. A code of conduct and an agreement on behavior in the Bundestag plenum should be decided. In a draft that is available for advice, it said, among other things: “The members strive for a closed and moderate appearance in parliament to ensure the political ability to act and credibility of the faction.” Chrupalla had pleaded for moderate tones in Bundestag speeches.

According to an overview of the Bundestag, the number of orders in the plenary in the last legislative period had increased significantly from 47 to 135 compared to the legislative period before. According to the former Bundestag president Bärbel Bas (SPD), the AfD is at the top of the statistics.