Overview
- Roughly 20 AfD politicians from the Bundestag, the European Parliament and state legislatures have traveled to the U.S., with at least nine Bundestag members confirming attendance at the New York gala.
- AfD deputy leader Markus Frohnmaier is scheduled to speak and receive the Allen W. Dulles Award, with the invitation praising the party’s “courageous work” in a hostile political environment, according to published reports.
- The delegation planned Washington meetings including one with Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna and sought talks with U.S. State Department staff, as outlined by participating lawmakers.
- Flights and hotels were financed by AfD parliamentary groups, with reported costs up to €57,000 for the Bundestag faction and up to €50,000 for Saxony‑Anhalt’s state group, while gala tickets are to be paid privately.
- German politicians from the SPD, Greens and Union condemned the outreach, and coverage notes the NY Young Republican Club’s recent alignment with the MAGA movement and past online texts lauding the AfD; non‑member tickets were reported between $799 and $30,000.