Weidel's 12-Point Show: A Program That Does Not Strengthen Germany but Turns It Into a Patient

Alice Weidel presented her twelve-point plan today - and sells it as a major turning point. Anyone who listens closely quickly realizes: It is less a plan than political nonsense that ignores reality and creates more problems for the country than it solves.

The "stop to the energy transition" already sounds like nonsense in the hall, and outside it sounds like pure detachment from reality. Germany has spent years investing billions in wind, solar and storage because the old systems became more expensive and made the country dependent. Anyone who reverses this course swings the battle axe at an infrastructure that is only now slowly becoming more stable. And when Weidel simultaneously promises a return to nuclear power, she omits what that means: construction times that can only be measured in decades at best, costs that explode, and an electricity price that is more likely to rise than fall for consumers and companies. She sells it as liberation - it would be a burden. The fact that Weidel ignores the word climate change already shows how stuck she is when it comes to the acute problems of the world outside the AfD.

It looks similar with migration. Weidel talks about a "stop" as if a country could detach itself from reality. Germany already barely has enough workers to keep hospitals, care facilities, businesses and schools running. Employers have been saying for years that without immigration nothing works anymore. But that is exactly what the AfD wants to stop - while simultaneously claiming this would secure the country. In reality it would do the opposite: fewer people, less income, fewer contributors - and a system that collapses in on itself. Perhaps she should apply at Müller Milk with her questionable view of humanity - but even there the milk would probably turn sour. Theo Müller, the owner of the company and a long-time AfD supporter, would probably be the only employer where her political ideas would not stand out immediately. According to a Handelsblatt survey, 42 percent of respondents said that reports about Müller's closeness to Weidel had a negative impact on their purchasing decision for Müller products. Over one million sticker orders in 24 hours, more than 80,000 buyers, the nationwide poster campaign "Alles AfD oder was" / "Now with AfD flavor" on Müllermilch and others.

The same pattern can be seen in finances. Lower taxes, a bigger state, cheaper energy, low debt - all at the same time. That does not sound like planning, but like a wish list. In reality this will tear a hole in the budget that can only be closed with harsh cuts or new debt. And both paths would weaken the country: one immediately, the other permanently. The announced reduction of bureaucracy sounds catchy, but everyone knows that and it is not an AfD magic trick. It simplifies processes, but it does not replace workers nor compensate for billions that would be missing due to tax cuts. Even if everything becomes faster - the core problem remains: the AfD, whose first action would likely be, in good ICE fashion, to deport people with minimal bureaucracy.

What remains is a program that works well at the party convention but fails in the everyday lives of people. Weidel speaks of a turning point, yet the plan leads to less stability and less future. It closes doors without opening new ones. It costs money without saving any. And it ignores the challenges of a country that needs solutions - not political self-staging. In sum, the twelve-point plan results in an economic, ethical and climate-hostile zero-point plan that is far removed from a viable model. It increases costs, creates new uncertainties and does not solve any of the structural issues Germany faces. What is sold as a determined course is in reality an expression of pure incompetence - a political retreat into the Middle Ages, driven by simple answers to problems that have long been more complex than Weidel is willing to admit in her speeches. What matters is what remains for the country in the end. And with this twelve-point plan, that would be a Germany that is more insecure, more expensive and more unpredictable, all hallmarks of the AfD.