Overview
- Roughly 20 AfD politicians from the Bundestag, the European Parliament and Saxony-Anhalt are in Washington and New York this week for meetings and a Republican gala.
- The visit was registered as an official Bundestag delegation, making travel and lodging eligible for public reimbursement under parliamentary rules.
- CSU's Alexander Hoffmann called the outreach "Anti-Deutschland-Diplomatie" and, along with CDU figures Knut Abraham and Roderich Kiesewetter, urged the Bundestag administration to examine potential misuse of official travel.
- Deputy parliamentary leader Markus Frohnmaier is slated to receive the New York Young Republican Club's "Allen W. Dulles Award," a decision criticized after reports of racist and antisemitic messages linked to Young Republicans and flagged by the Anti-Defamation League.
- AfD participants say the goal is to deepen working-level ties with Republicans and discuss issues including the party's domestic intelligence scrutiny, with planned meetings in Washington that include Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.