Chapter 73: Not a Secret

289     no one objected . . . evoked support Marcus Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” Correctiv, January 15, 2024, correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

289     turned to the practicality and feasibility Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

289     “so that the racially motivated forced displacement . . .” Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

289     discussed how to manipulate White Germans Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/

289     “to weaken Germany’s democracy by . . ." Bensmann et al., “Secret Plan Against Germany,” correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-against-germany/.

289     “completely irrelevant event” . . . did not have . . . backing Alice Weidel quoted in Marie Scholl et al., “Weidel Ends Cooperation with Hartwig,” ZDFheute, January 15, 2024, www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/afd-weidel-geheimtreffen-reaktion-hartwig-100.html, via Google Translate.

289     no prior knowledge Kate Connolly and Ashifa Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,” The Guardian, January 16, 2024, www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.

289     make a public show . . . he continued . . . behind the scenes Connolly and Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.

289     claimed the AfD did not support remigration Connolly and Kassam, “Germans Take to Streets After AfD Meeting on Mass Deportation Plan,” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/germans-take-to-streets-to-oppose-far-right-afds-mass-deportation-plan.

289–290 “All refused asylum seekers not legally entitled . . .” AfD, Manifesto for Germany, 2017, www.afd.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-12_afd-grundsatzprogramm-englisch_web.pdf, 60.

290     “Remigration instead of mass immigration” AfD, European Election Program: Programme of the Alternative for Germany for the Election to the 9th European Parliament 2019, 2019,www.afd.de/europawahlprogramm/, 40, via Google Translate.

290     top candidate in the Brandenburg state elections  “AfD Brandenburg Elects Parliamentary Group Leader Berndt as Top Candidate,” Welt, April 6, 2024, www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article250908402/Landtagswahl-AfD-Brandenburg-waehlt-Fraktionschef-Berndt-zum-Spitzenkandidaten.html, via Google Translate.

290     “Remigration is not a secret – but a promise” Hans-Christoph Berndt quoted in Sebastian Shukla, “Beer, Bratwurst and Conspiracy: Inside a Meeting of Germany’s Far-Right AfD,” CNN, February 9, 2024, www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/europe/germany-afd-migration-far-right-intl/index.html.

290     “is not putting the interests of the indigenous population first” Berndt quoted in Shukla, “Beer, Bratwurst and Conspiracy: Inside a Meeting of Germany’s Far-Right AfD,” www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/europe/germany-afd-migration-far-right-intl/index.html.

290     second-most-popular party AfD remained the second-most-popular party in Germany as 2024 marched on. See “Germany—2025 general election,” Politico, Poll of Polls, accessed via Wayback Machine, January 2, 2025 capture, web.archive.org/web/20250102224300/https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/.

290     “You are not good at governing . . .” Alice Weidel on the General Debate on the 2024 Federal Budget on the 31st of January 2024, trans. Empire Caption Solutions.

290     “You are ruining it. And I’ll tell you why. . .” Alice Weidel on the General Debate on the 2024 Federal Budget.