Overview
- Alice Weidel addressed a municipal congress in Mülheim, focusing on energy policy and sharply criticizing the CDU.
- Weidel outlined goals to scrap the CO2 tax, reverse a combustion-engine ban, revive nuclear power, and cut wind and solar subsidies.
- Party leaders cast 2026 as a decisive election year after recent gains, urging members to maximize campaign efforts.
- AfD figures highlighted momentum in North Rhine-Westphalia, citing about 14.5% in the latest local elections, nearly 13,000 members, and roughly 2,000 municipal officeholders.
- Two protests registered by Die Linke and the civic alliance Mülheim stellt sich quer drew a peak crowd of about 500, which police described as peaceful, with no major incidents reported.