The Alternative for Germany (AfD) chose today at the party convention in the eastern German city of Riza, which began several hours late due to a blockade by protesters, its vice president, Alice Weidel, as a candidate for chancellor in the upcoming elections.
Weidel, who was confirmed by the acclamation of the convention participants as the AfD's candidate for the chancellor position, in her speech that followed announced a change in almost all segments of politics in the event of taking power.
In particular, she announced changes in migration policy that do not exclude mass deportations. She announced the closing of Germany's borders to refugees.
"The AfD-led government will seal Germany's borders and send back every illegal migrant and anyone without documents," Wejdel said.
She also announced a complete turnaround of climate policy in Germany.
"We will demolish all the windmills to get electricity. Down with those shameful windmills," said Weidel, who advocates the reactivation of decommissioned nuclear power plants in Germany.
Weidel, who is a declared homosexual, also announced a war on gender studies and the dismissal of their teaching staff.
The vice-president of the AfD announced a fight for a better result than what the public opinion polls are currently predicting.
"We are fighting for a result higher than 20 percent," Weidel said.
The AfD is currently in second place in opinion polls and has risen slightly from 19 to 20 percent in the average of recent polls. It is behind the Christian Democratic Union CDU/CSU, which is currently supported by about 30 percent of those surveyed, and ahead of the currently ruling Social Democrats, which would be chosen by about 15 percent of voters.
Thousands of people protested today against the convention of the far-right AfD, blocking several roads and delaying the start of the meeting, where the party launched its campaign for the February elections.
A heavy police presence was reported Saturday in Rize, in the eastern German state of Saxony, which is a stronghold of the AfD.
The two-day convention started about two hours late as many delegates did not arrive on time due to roadblocks.
Police said at least 8.000 protesters gathered outside the city's convention center. They shouted slogans like "no Nazis".
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