AfD manifesto calls for deportations, school Pride ban, and patriotic art

Germany's far-right AfD party, which won 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt's state election, has unveiled a hardline manifesto calling for mass deportations, banning Pride flags in schools, and promoting patriotic art. The party is now seeking coalition partners to implement its agenda. The 258-page manifesto proposes revising migration policy with immediate deportation of undocumented migrants, expanding detention centers, and creating separate classes for refugee children. It also aims to shift school curricula away from Nazi-era history toward pre-war periods to foster national pride. The AfD faces significant obstacles, as mainstream German parties refuse to cooperate with it, though it is courting the left-wing BSW party. The party's cultural plans include defunding "anti-German" art and requiring state-funded artists to pledge respect for German culture.