Party Congress in Loebau
AfD leadership in Saxony confirmed at party conference
The Saxon AfD elects a new board at the party conference in Löbau. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa
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Jörg Urban is confirmed in office at the AfD party conference in Saxony. AfD federal spokesman Tino Chrupalla emphasizes his party’s claim to leadership in the federal state: 2024 they want to replace the CDU.
The Saxon AfD has confirmed its boss Jörg Urban in office and also re-elected the rest of the management team. Urban gave the AfD in Saxony a leading role at the party conference in Löbau: it should not only be selective, but must become the strongest and most decisive force in the state, he said.
The Saxon AfD is the most successful state association of the party, but here too the successes did not fall from the sky. Urban achieved approval of 88.4 percent. 229 delegates voted for and 30 against, 5 abstained.
Chrupalla: AfD with a claim to leadership in Saxony
AfD federal spokesman Tino Chrupalla also attested to his party’s claim to leadership in Saxony. Some citizens would not yet trust her to take responsibility, but at some point the AfD will assume this responsibility. “Where do we want to rule first if not here in Saxony?” Chrupalla asked. In 2024 they want to replace the CDU in Saxony. Until then, the party is about combining “serious policy with sharp opposition”.
Before the party conference, the AfD had caused a stir because they refused a journalist from the Chemnitz “Freie Presse” to participate in the party conference because of their alleged proximity to the “violent Antifa”. The “Freie Presse” rejected the accusation. The state press conference saw the exclusion as an attempt to influence reporting. The German Association of Journalists spoke of an “attack on free reporting”.