Awakening of German Patriots - Central Germany
Political party in Germany
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2024 | Poggenburg endorses the Freie Sachsen (Free Saxons) for the Saxony state election, effectively abandoning his own party. |
2020 | The party ceases staging public events and is reduced to only 45 registered members. |
September 2019 | In the Saxony state election, the party receives only 0.2% of votes cast, further confirming its weak political standing. |
August 2019 | At the party congress, Poggenburg proposes dissolving the party and rejoining the Alternative for Germany (AfD), but the vote is rejected. |
May 2019 | The party participates in local elections in Saxony, receiving 0.6% of votes in Zwickau district and 0.4% in Meißen district, demonstrating very poor electoral performance. |
January 11 2019 | Andreas Poggenburg publicly unveils the Awakening of German Patriots (Aufbruch deutscher Patrioten) political party, immediately facing criticism for using the Cornflower symbol with historical nationalist associations. |
2018 | Andreas Poggenburg, leader of the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch, was reprimanded by AfD party leadership for sending a 'Germany for Germans' message to party members via WhatsApp. |
2018 | Poggenburg resigned from the AfD party after being censured for making derogatory comments about German Turks, calling them 'camel drivers' and 'caraway seed traders' in a speech to party supporters. |
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