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Germany’s AfD says arms production could aid deportation drive in Saxony-Anhalt
whbl.com • • world
Key Points:
- Ulrich Siegmund, likely leader of Saxony-Anhalt's far-right AfD, suggested allowing a weapons producer in the state to support the party's planned deportation campaigns and internal security needs.
- The AfD opposes Germany's defense spending and military support for Ukraine, raising concerns about the future of a planned defense industry investment in Sangerhausen by Israel’s Elbit Systems.
- Elbit Systems is considering building a plant in Sangerhausen to manufacture components for German companies, potentially creating up to 400 jobs, but no final decision has been made.
- The AfD, which won a near-majority in Saxony-Anhalt, has pledged immediate deportations, citizen patrols, and separate classrooms for refugee children, while monitoring the defense production project for risks of foreign conflict involvement.
- Cooperation talks between the AfD and the left-wing populist BSW could be complicated, as BSW opposes the Sangerhausen defense project despite sharing opposition to German military support for Ukraine.
