The AfD’s lead candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state, Ulrich Siegmund, has sparked fierce criticism with remarks about the possible use of military equipment in a future “remigration and deportation offensive”.

The background is the planned establishment of a production site of the Israeli defence company Elbit Systems in Sangerhausen. At a press conference, Siegmund drew a link between the production of armaments, domestic security and the migration policy his party is pursuing.

Siegmund initially stated that the AfD did not fundamentally oppose the production of armaments. Arms production could, among other things, be important for domestic…

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