26.–27. 06. 2026 Democracy Conference of AfD in June 2026

AfD invited to their First Democracy Conference in the German Bundestag entitled 'Freedom of Speech – Media – Human Rights'.
Quote: "Politicians, scientists, journalists and media representatives" from Germany and abroad will discuss about the state of the freedom of expression in Germany and Europe."

Announced speakers for two days are: Václav Klaus (Czechia), Tomio Okamura (Czechia), Holger Friedrich (Germany, Friedrich did not attend), Roger Köppel (Switzerland), Dieter Stein, Susanne Fürst (Austria), Hans-Georg Maaßen, Michael Meyen, Ulrike Guérot, Alexander von Bismarck, Andrea Seaman, Christian Zeller, Wilhelm Domke-Schulz, Dirk Schmitz, Uwe Schneider, Ulrich Vosgerau, Ralf Höcker, Alexander Kissler, Claudio Zanetti (SVP Switzerland), Patrik Baab.

AfD speakers: Petr Bystron, Götz Frömming, Alice Weidel, Tino Chrupalla, Martin E. Renner, Stephan Brandner, Kristin Brinker, Ulrich Siegmund, Udo Hemmelgarn, Rainer Rothfuß, Peter Boehringer.

More details about the programme on the AfD's website (archive). A complete video documentation with all speeches and panels is available online on Youtube.

Reports by Die Zeit and Tagesspiegel (German language). A detailed list of the speakers was published by Campact (German language).