One of the major weaknesses that I've pointed out over and over about the AfD Party in Germany....is that they are a one-topic party (anti-immigration). Today, I was reading through Focus (the German news magazine) and they brought up this one short topic. AfD has apparently selected another area which might attract some additional German voters.....car traffic in German cities.
What AfD is discussing now....is a national policy over car rules in German cities (basically taking the control away from the cities).
So you stand back and view the whole story. Various reports have now pushed cities to work on anti-diesel car rules. This all leads back to strict limits for nitrogen oxide.
AfD is picking up the topic of supporting diesel car owners. You can figure with around 14-million diesel cars in Germany.....you have to figure that at least half of them are furious at Berlin leadership and the environmental rules being forced upon them.
Last month....the AfD Party put forward the resolution to stand against "senseless driving bans".
The party also started talking about the measurement stations in major cities, and how they might be measuring in a poor manner. Their hype is that the stations have been politically constructed in a way that maximizes the collection of data, and you get absolute max value of nitrogen oxide.
As they point out, if you put the measurement station four to six meters further away....the numbers decrease by 40-percent.
A two-topic political party? Actually, they are simply picking topics that are none of the other Berlin parties will discuss or support. They are in some ways.....the alternate solution to politics. By voting AfD, to support your frustration....you send a message. I admit, it might not be that wise, but in the current environment of political frustrations, it's the only way to 'fire' someone in politics.
If they hyped this message....would their numbers go up? I might go and suggest that they could pick up another three to five percent easily, because of the diesel car owner's frustration over their problem.
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