On October 20, Budapest welcomed Alice Weidel, parliamentary group leader and co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who gave a lecture entitled “Germany and Europe”. She highlighted that even now, in the 21st century, the nation still remains the foundation of state policy and a prerequisite for democracy.
The German conservative politician said that the starting point and foundation of the AfD’s vision is the nation. “The sovereign nation-state is the basis of democracy, freedom, and self-determination,” emphasized Alice Weidel, adding that responsible politicians serve the citizens, rather than ruling over them.
In Alice Weidel’s view, democracy is not functioning normally in Germany today, the left is chaining itself to power, and the will of the citizens is in danger.
Alice Weidel. Photo: MTI/Bodnár Boglárka
The politician firmly criticized the current left-wing government in Germany. She said that the current anti-democratic environment in her country is frustrating for a very growing number of its citizens, and they hope that something will change for the better in Germany and Europe.
Uncontrolled, illegal migration, huge loans, and German industry is dying, ten thousand industrial jobs are lost every month, she confessed. She also added that the situation is so bad that 22 thousand bankruptcies are expected among German companies in 2025, which means sixty companies a day. The politician said that people are becoming poorer and are feeling the economic deterioration firsthand. The AfD is their hope, she stated, adding that according to surveys in recent weeks, the AfD has become the strongest political force in her country.
We are ready to take on the responsibility of governing,”
she stated.
The politician shared what would Germany look like if the Alternative for Germany, as a governing party, could realize its political vision:
It would be a Germany with secure borders that effectively curbs illegal migration and cross-border crime, and only allows those with a legal right to reside in the country into the country.
A country with modernized asylum law that no longer opens the door to abuse of illegal immigration, but is geared to its capacity to absorb refugees. This Germany would have a fundamentally reformed residence and administrative law that is open to all who identify with the nation-state, its culture, and legal system, and who want to make a positive contribution to it.
In this Germany, respect for the law and equality before the law would once again be unconditionally valid. Special rights and privileges for certain ideologies and ethnocultural groups would be a thing of the past. It would be a country in which citizens’ freedom is not just lip service, but lies at the center of our legal system, she stressed.
She envisions a country in which fundamental rights, the individual’s right to defend themselves against state abuses, are not misunderstood by those in power as granted acts of grace that they can use and withdraw at will after pressuring people with panic and anxiety attacks.
Alice Weidel Lecture. Photo: Hungary Today
Alice Weidel stated that democracy needs an urgent reform her country with more democratic participation for the people of Germany. She said if AfD were the governing party, there would be a diverse media landscape without the distortion of competition caused by a public media sector lavishly financed by compulsory fees, long since lost its journalistic independence due to political dependence and ideological proselytizing.
She also talked about tax reforms that would benefit the people, saying that a good government respects what citizens have earned through hard work.
Alice Weidel described a good government, that knows that the middle class and the small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of a country’s wealth and prosperity. It respects entrepreneurial freedom and simply ensures that the state’s core tasks are fulfilled.
These core tasks are the following: internal and external security, the rule of law and a functioning infrastructure. A performance-oriented and ideologically neutral education system and social welfare for those who cannot help themselves.
She shared that a functioning Germany would have its own strong currency, ensuring that the snot wealth earned by its citizens stays in the country and retains its value. It would have its own independent central bank, that would not allow politicians to stealthily and coldly expropriate its citizens through inflation, the most antisocial of all wealth taxes. A responsible government would therefore never consider remaining in a monetary union that allows other governments to run up debt at the expense of their own taxpayers and, in return, makes citizens pay for the continued devaluation of money.
Alice Weidel Lecture. Photo: Hungary Today
She also mentioned that Germany desperately needs a foreign policy designed for balance and good economic and political relations with all neighbors and major powers, one that would act as an honest broker for peace in Europe and treat all neighbors as equals.
What inspires us is our vision of Germany, our vision of a common Europe.”
She explained that the foundation and starting point of this vision is the nation. It remains the foundation of national policy in the 21st century. Nation-states enter into alliances not to abandon themselves, but to better assert their own brutal interests. To be stable and capable of action, a nation must ascertain its identity.
National identity encompasses many factors: shared history, cultural heritage, habits and customs, intellectual political traditions, virtues, and distinctive characteristics.
Europe is not Brussels, the heart of Europe beats in the European capitals,”
she said.
The desire for freedom and respect for the rule of law unite the Hungarian and German nations. Hungary has been a beacon of freedom in Europe for years, and Germany will follow this example.
Alice Weidel listed that freedom, prosperity and peace are expected from a reformed European Union. At the end she thanked Viktor Orbán for working hard towards achieving peace, and concluded by saying that there is no better place in the world than Budapest.
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