AfD on foreign affairs and defence

The AfD rejects all economic sanctions that were not adopted by the United Nations. In its view, sanctions are mostly ineffective and harm the domestic economy.

Sanctions are trade penalties against other countries. The AfD is against such sanctions. It makes an exception only if the United Nations decides on them. It says sanctions also hurt the German economy.

The program argues that sanctions generally fail to achieve their aim. In military conflicts in particular, they are said to worsen existing supply shortages. Only measures based on a United Nations decision are accepted.

The AfD commits to the Bundeswehr, its integration into NATO and its presence in Lower Saxony. Former barracks are to stay operational for a buildup of the armed forces in times of crisis and not be used for other purposes.

The AfD supports the Bundeswehr in Lower Saxony. Old barracks should stay ready for times of crisis. Refugees should not live there and companies should not move in. Soldiers should also talk about their work in schools.

The platform welcomes exercises by the Bundeswehr and allied troops as well as youth officers visiting schools, also as advertising for the military profession. It points to around 50 bases and about 30,000 soldiers in Lower Saxony, which it sees as an economic and security factor. The party considers training grounds indispensable. Former military properties are to be used neither as refugee housing nor commercially. The AfD supports using the Bundeswehr in disaster relief.

The AfD opposes combat missions of the Bundeswehr outside the alliance's territory, especially without a UN mandate. It rejects arms deliveries to war and crisis zones, including within Europe. It says the Bundeswehr's task is national defense within the Western alliance.

The AfD wants no combat missions of the Bundeswehr outside the alliance's territory. The Bundeswehr should defend its own country. Germany should not send weapons to war zones. This also applies to Europe.

According to the platform, the Bundeswehr should not serve other countries' geostrategic interests. The rejection of arms deliveries covers Europe, the Arab world and other regions. The party sees this as a line that has proven itself for more than 70 years and should continue. It also criticizes plans to send German tanks into a foreign war while, in its view, Germany's own defense capability is poor. It wants to call for self-determination and minority protection in other countries as well.