Overview
- The party held its federal congress on schedule and opened on Saturday despite large street demonstrations, motorway blockades and a major police presence that escorted early-arriving delegates to the Messe Erfurt.
- Alice Weidel was re-elected with about 81.3 percent of the vote and Tino Chrupalla with about 70.1 percent, results that signaled stronger backing for Weidel and weaker support for Chrupalla compared with previous contests.
- Stefan Möller, a close ally of Björn Höcke, won a deputy federal chair post with roughly 76.5 percent as several other Höcke-aligned figures entered the new federal board, shifting the leadership balance to the party’s right wing.
- A proposed change to the Unvereinbarkeitsliste, the party’s rule that bars members of extremist groups, was withdrawn after Weidel proposed that the newly elected board review and revise the list within a year to avoid a public intra-party fight.
- Authorities reported tens of thousands of protesters with disputed attendance figures, several isolated violent incidents and multiple alleged attacks on journalists that police say they are investigating while technicians removed four hidden Bluetooth speakers that repeatedly played the 'Imperial March' inside the hall.