AfD Rhineland-Palatinate

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AfD Rhineland-Palatinate
Michael Frisch
Michael Frisch 		Alternative-for-Germany-Logo-2013.svg
Chairman Michael Frisch
Deputy Sebastian Munzenmaier
Jan Bollinger
Bernd Schattner
Treasurer Kai Dettmar
Establishment date April 9, 2013
Headquarters Schusterstrasse 22
55116 Mainz
Landtag mandates
13/101
Number of members 2.211 (as of January 2018)
Website www.alternative-rlp.de

The AFD Rhineland-Palatinate is the national association of the party Alternative for Germany (AFD) in Rhineland-Palatinate . The regional association is led by Michael Frisch as regional chairman. With Junge as the top candidate, the state party ran for the first time in the state elections in 2016 and then entered the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate . For the  2017 federal election  , the AfD ran in Rhineland-Palatinate with Sebastian Munzenmaier as the top candidate.

history

The AfD Rhineland-Palatinate was founded in 2013. In the 2013 federal elections , the AfD in Rhineland-Palatinate received 4.8 percent, a result that was slightly above the national average , and the 2014 European elections of 6.8 percent. In the 2014 local elections , the AfD achieved a nationwide result of 3.0 percent based on the districts and urban districts. In the state elections in 2016 , according to the official final result, the AfD moved into the state parliament with 12.6% or 14 applicants selected via the state list.

Before the 2017 federal election, a member of the regional association challenged the regional association's list of candidates. The AfD member Bruno Panzner saw an unfair and against the federal electoral law violating procedures in the candidate election and lodged a complaint with the state returning officer . The list was nevertheless approved by the state electoral committee .

politics

Party platform

In its election program for the 2016 state elections, the Rhineland-Palatinate AfD calls for direct democratic elements to be strengthened and is committed to a family image consisting of father, mother and children. In educational policy , the party stands for a structured school system and a dual system of school and vocational training. The energy transition had failed and should be replaced by a policy "based on scientific knowledge and market economy principles". The AfD in Rhineland-Palatinate combines a commitment to a social market economy and free trade with its rejection of the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TTIP). In the refugee crisis in Germany , the AfD Rhineland-Palatinate calls for national upper limits. In the Greek national debt crisis , the AfD Rhineland-Palatinate is calling for an end to financial support from German tax money.

organization

State party conference

The highest party organ is the  state party congress . He elects the  state board , the  auditors  and the state arbitration tribunal. This decides on internal party disputes and can expel members.

State Board

The state executive committee consists of a chairman, a first deputy chairman, a second deputy chairman, a third deputy chairman, a treasurer and a secretary, each with one representative and a total of six assessors. Since November 2019, the state executive has consisted of the following members:

State Chairman Michael Frisch (MdL)
1. Deputy State Chairman Sebastian Munzenmaier (Member of the Bundestag)
2. Deputy state chairman Jan Bollinger (MdL)
3. Deputy state chairman Bernd Schattner
Treasurer Kai Dettmar
Deputy Treasurer Gilbert calf
Secretary Robin Classen
Deputy Secretary Justin-Cedric Salka
Assessor Joachim Paul (MdL), Eugen Ziegler, Iris Nieland (MdL), Damian Lohr (MdL), Alexander Heppe, Sabine Capers
MdL = member of the state parliament; MdB = member of the Bundestag

Party leader

Term of office Party chairman
April 2013 - November 2013 Klaus Müller
November 2013 - July 2015 Uwe Zimmermann
July 2015 - November 2019 Uwe Junge
from November 2019 Michael Frisch

Group leaders

Term of office Parliamentary group leader
from May 2017 Uwe Junge

Young alternative Rhineland-Palatinate

The  Young Alternative Rhineland-Palatinate is the nationwide  youth association of  the AfD Rhineland-Palatinate.

Election results

State elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Seats Top candidate
2016 268,628 12.6% 14th Uwe Junge
Bundestag elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Seats Top candidate
2013 106.414 4.8% 0 Klaus Müller
2017 265,688 11.2% 4th Sebastian Munzenmaier
European elections
year Number of votes Share of votes
2014 114.602 6.7%
2019 192.851 9.8%

Parliamentary group

Members

Regional group RLP / Saarland in the German Bundestag

The state list for the 2017 federal election was published at a two-day party congress on May 4th / 5th. March 2017 in Bingen am Rhein . The state party entered the 19th German Bundestag with a total of four candidates , and together with the drafted candidate from the AfD Saar, they formed a joint " regional group RLP / Saarland".

Deputy Moving in over Functions / memberships
Sebastian Munzenmaier List position 1 Spokesman for the regional group
Heiko Wildberg List place 2
Andreas Bleck List position 3
Nicole Höchst List position 4 Deputy spokesperson

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The base of the CDU and SPD shrank slightly in 2018. In: welt.de. January 13, 2019, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  2. ^ State result Rhineland-Palatinate - preliminary result
  3. ^ AfD candidate list for the Bundestag challenged . In: stern.de . July 11, 2017 ( stern.de [accessed August 24, 2017]).
  4. ↑ https://www.pfaelzischer-merkur.de/welt/landespolitik/auch-afd-und-linke-zur-wahl-zugelassen_aid-2489281
  5. ↑ Board of Directors (accessed December 25, 2019)
  6. ↑ State election 2016 - State result Rhineland-Palatinate - final result
  7. ^ Results of the 2013 federal election in Rhineland-Palatinate
  8. ↑ Results of the 2017 federal election in Rhineland-Palatinate
  9. ↑ Results of the 2014 European elections in Rhineland-Palatinate
  10. ↑ Results of the 2019 European elections in Rhineland-Palatinate
  11. ↑ AfD Rhineland-Palatinate is going to the Bundestag election with twelve list candidates. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
  12. ^ State lists of the parties in Rhineland-Palatinate - The Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017 ; accessed on September 9, 2017 .