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4w ago

AfD Chooses Jan Bollinger as Lead Candidate for Rhineland-Palatinate Election

He secured 71.33 percent support at the Idar-Oberstein conference, laying out hardline proposals on deportations, the conversion of Hahn airport into a deportation hub, the reintroduction of nuclear power.

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Overview

  • Jan Bollinger defeated Sandra Müller and Matthias Tönsmann with 71.33 percent of votes to top the AfD list for the March 2026 state election.
  • He vowed to make the AfD the strongest party in Rhineland-Palatinate and to lead a government after the March 2026 vote.
  • Bollinger’s platform includes introducing deportation detention, transforming Hahn airport into a national deportation hub with hourly flights, scrapping the broadcasting treaty, ending wind power and reentering nuclear energy.
  • The AfD in Rhineland-Palatinate now boasts over 4,000 members and currently holds six of the 101 seats in the state parliament.
  • Ahead of the conference, MP Sebastian Münzenmaier set an ambitious “20 percent plus X” vote-share target for the party in the upcoming election.