Overview
- Lena and Steffen Kotré had invited Austrian activist Martin Sellner to speak on 22 January in Luckenwalde at a lecture titled “Remigration – Theory and Practice.”
- Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, joined by Brandenburg leader René Springer, pressed for cancellation after speaking with Steffen Kotré, and Lena Kotré then called off her event.
- Sellner announced a relocated meeting for the same evening in South Brandenburg and invited Lena Kotré, with the exact venue remaining unspecified.
- The episode exposes a rift between AfD leaders seeking distance from Sellner and Identitarian networks and regional figures who continue engagement.
- Germany’s domestic intelligence labels the Identitäre Bewegung as right‑wing extremist, and a 2025 Federal Administrative Court ruling found Sellner’s remigration proposal incompatible with the constitution, heightening legal risk for the party.