AfD Saarland

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AfD Saarland
Alternative-for-Germany-Logo-2013.svg
Chairman Emergency board member Carsten Hütter , Joachim Paul and Stephan Protschka
executive Director Dieter Müller
Establishment date May 3, 2013
Place of foundation Saarbrücken
Headquarters In the Galgendell 53
66117 Saarbrücken
Landtag mandates
3/51
Number of members 371 (as of April 2017)
Website afd.saarland

The AfD Saarland is the Saarland regional association of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD). The regional association was led by Josef Dörr as regional chairman until it was dismissed . On March 31, 2020, the AfD federal board deposed the entire board and an emergency board consisting of Carsten Hütter , Joachim Paul and Stephan Protschka .

history

The AfD Saarland was founded in June 2013. Johannes Trampert was elected the first state chairman. At a state party conference in Dudweiler in 2015, Trampert was defeated in a vote against Josef Dörr , whereupon several leading members resigned from their party offices.

The party's federal executive board decided at the end of March 2016 to dissolve the state association for “serious violations of the party's political objectives and internal order”. The previous state executive looked for contacts with people and groups on the far right. The regional association denied the allegations and appealed to the federal arbitration tribunal, which initially suspended the decision. At a state party conference in Völklingen , the party leadership was then confirmed in office. At the end of April, the party's national congress in Stuttgart decided with 995 against 806 votes to dissolve the state association. The federal arbitration court finally rejected the application at the end of October 2016. A dissolution of the regional association is disproportionate. As a result, the federal spokesmen Frauke Petry and Jörg Meuthen called on the state association not to participate in the 2017 state election. The regional association nevertheless took part in the election and federal spokeswoman Petry was then pleased "despite all the differences" about their entry into the Saarland state parliament.

On November 21, 2019, an internal report confirmed that the party executive of the AfD Saarland was responsible for election manipulations and violations of the party law. A total of 14 individual points can be adequately proven. The removal of the entire state executive from office is therefore appropriate.

On March 31, 2020, the AfD federal board deposed the entire board of the Saar-AfD due to serious violations of the principles or order of the party , an emergency board was set up, which consists of the federal board members Carsten Hütter , Joachim Paul and Stephan Protschka . The deposed chairman Dörr described the allegations as absolutely crazy .

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

From August 2018 until its dismissal on March 31, 2020, the state executive committee consisted of the following members:

State Chairman Josef Dörr (MdL)
Deputy State Chair Lutz Hecker (Member of the Bundestag), Rudolf Müller (Member of the Bundestag)
Treasurer Carsten Becker
Secretary Michel Dörr
Assessor Dieter Engel, Immanuel Falkenberg, Jörg Franke, Peter Groß, Uwe Hartmann, Wladimir Klund, Bernd Krämer, Alexander Rapp, Rüdiger Schäfer, Christoph Schaufert, Aline Schubert, Werner Schwaben, Gerd Schon
MdL = member of the state parliament

District associations

There are seven AfD district associations in Saarland: Merzig-Wadern, Neunkirchen, Saarbrücken Land, Saarbrücken Stadt, Saarlouis, Saarpfalz and St. Wendel.

District associations (as of Sep. 2019)
District association Chairman
Merzig-Wadern Dominik Peter
Neunkirchen Uwe Hartmann
Saarbrücken country Michel Dörr
Saarbrücken city Rudolf Müller
Saarlouis Carsten Becker
Saar Palatinate Lutz Hecker
St. Wendel Edgar Huber

State chairman

Term of office Party chairman
June 2013 - April 2015 Johannes Trampert
April 2015 - March 2020 Josef Dörr

Young alternative Saarland

The  Junge Alternative Saarland is the nationwide  youth association of  the AfD Saarland.

Election results

State elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Seats Top candidate
2017 32,971 6.2% 3 Rudolf Müller
Bundestag elections
year Number of votes Share of votes Seats Top candidate
2013 24,912 4.4% 0 Johannes Trampert
2017 58,920 10.1% 1 Christian Wirth
European elections
year Number of votes Share of votes
2014 28,248 6.8%

Parliamentary group

Since the state elections in 2017, the AfD has been represented in parliamentary groups in the Saarland state parliament. Members of the AfD in the 16th electoral term of the state parliament are: Rudolf Müller (deputy parliamentary group leader), Josef Dörr ( parliamentary group chairman ) and Lutz Hecker ( parliamentary manager ). In July 2020, the parliamentary group ruled Hecker out because of the "severely broken relationship of trust between the parliamentary group and Hecker".

In 2017, the former press officer accused the AfD parliamentary group of bullying and sexual harassment . In a quality hearing before the Saarbrücken Labor Court on November 14, 2017, no agreement was reached; the lawyer for the AfD parliamentary group wrote to the court that all allegations were "allegations", "fictitious and untruthful".

Group leaders

Term of office Parliamentary group leader
from March 2017 Josef Dörr

Regional group RLP / Saarland in the German Bundestag

The state list for the 2017 federal election was initially drawn up at a party congress on April 2, 2017 in Sulzbach . At the delegate convention, Michel Dörr, the son of state chairman Josef Dörr, prevailed in a vote against the Saarbrücken lawyer Christian Wirth. After a successful complaint by the district chairman in St. Wendel , Edgar Huber, against the election of the state list before the regional court , the state executive appealed and at the same time held another party congress on July 2, 2017 in Sulzbach to elect a second state list. This time, in contrast to the previous party congress, all members were allowed to take part, as according to the judgment of the regional court, the state list according to the federal electoral law did not have to be drawn up by the delegates of the state party congress, but by delegates specially elected for an electoral assembly. Due to time constraints, no delegates could be elected, so that all members present decided on the state list. This time Christian Wirth prevailed against Michel Dörr in the fight vote. The higher regional court rejected the appeal of the regional executive committee, so that the ruling of the regional court was final and the second state list was submitted to the federal election control .

The state party moved into the 19th German Bundestag with the top candidate Christian Wirth , which together with the drafted candidates from the AfD Rhineland-Palatinate formed a joint " regional group RLP / Saarland".

MP Moving in over Functions / memberships
Christian Wirth List position 1 Deputy spokesman for the regional group

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Party members by federal state
  2. ↑ a b AfD-head sets off the Saarland state board. In: Spiegel online . March 31, 2020, accessed March 31, 2020 .
  3. ^ AfD founds Saar regional association. In: Focus Online . June 21, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Ute Kirch: AfD overthrows country chief Trampert. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . April 27, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  5. ^ Johann W. Petersen: Wave of resignation at the AfD Saar after the party congress . Saar-Depesche, May 5, 2015.
  6. ^ AfD dissolves Saar regional association. In: Spiegel Online . March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  7. ^ AfD in Saarland - arbitration court postpones dissolution of the regional association. In: Deutschlandfunk . April 11, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  8. ^ AfD wants to dissolve Saar regional association. In: Spiegel Online . April 30, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Saar-AfD will not be dissolved. In: n-tv . October 30, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Fabian Leber: AfD should not compete in the Saar election. In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 31, 2016, accessed March 29, 2017 .
  11. ↑ The very right of the Saar. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Spiegel Online: AfD expert recommends dismissal of the board in Saarland , article from November 21, 2019, accessed on November 21, 2019
  13. ↑ List of district associations , website of AfD Saarland, accessed on March 29, 2017.
  14. ↑ Merzig-Wadern district executive. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Neunkirchen District Board. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ District Board Saarbrücken Land. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  17. ↑ District Board of Saarbrücken City. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  18. ^ Saarlouis district board member. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  19. ↑ District Board Saarpfalz. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  20. ↑ District Board of St. Wendel. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Statisticsexter.saarland.de: State results ( Memento from March 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ^ The state parliament of Saarland: MPs of the AfD
  23. ^ Saarländischer Rundfunk: AfD parliamentary group excludes Hecker. July 13, 2020, accessed July 13, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Wigbert Löer: Ex-speaker accuses AfD parliamentary group in Saarland of sexual harassment . In: Stern . November 14, 2017
  25. ↑ Dörr's son elected as a candidate for the Bundestag. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Dennis Langenstein: Thick surprise at the AfD. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
  27. ↑ Katrin Aue, Caroline Uhl: Surprise in the election for the AfD Bundestag list. sr.de, July 2, 2017, accessed on September 9, 2017 .
  28. ^ Court: First state list of the Saar-AfD for federal elections still invalid. July 12, 2017, archived from the original on September 11, 2017 ; accessed on September 9, 2017 .
  29. ^ State lists of the parties in Saarland - The Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017 ; accessed on September 9, 2017 .