{"id":6010,"date":"2026-06-12T08:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:45:39","slug":"weidel-speech-explains-why-afd-stands-at-nearly-30-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/weidel-speech-explains-why-afd-stands-at-nearly-30-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidel Speech Explains Why AfD Stands at Nearly 30 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <em>Nius<\/em>, the morning broadcast featured reporters <strong>Alexander Kissler<\/strong> and <strong>Ralf Schuler<\/strong> alongside moderator <strong>Norbert Dobeleit<\/strong> in the studio, tackling what the outlet characterizes as the most pressing issues facing German citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Among the lead stories was a government health warning about sunlight exposure that <em>Nius<\/em> suggests amounts to fearmongering. The outlet reports that young people are being subjected to what it calls fear and panic campaigns regarding potential damage to their eyesight from sun exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Economic pressure on ordinary Germans also featured prominently. The show highlighted that a fuel tax rebate is set to expire just as summer vacation season begins, meaning drivers can expect higher prices at the pump in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8Zu viel auf dem Golfplatz - Merz eskaliert gegen die Wirtschaft I NIUS Live, 12.06.26\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOO3VwL6d6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The program drew attention to Switzerland as a model for border security, examining how the neighboring nation uses direct democracy through popular referendums to control immigration and maintain sovereignty over its frontiers.<\/p>\n<p>A central focus of the broadcast was <strong>Alice Weidel&#8217;s<\/strong> recent address to the Bundestag. <em>Nius<\/em> characterized the opposition leader&#8217;s speech as the most effective parliamentary performance since <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong> assumed his role as opposition leader, suggesting it surpassed his own recent efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The journalists also questioned whether Germany&#8217;s governing coalition remains functional. The discussion addressed what the outlet describes as a government in retreat, raising concerns about whether effective governance is taking place at all.<\/p>\n<p>The morning show is part of <em>Nius<\/em>&#8216; regular live programming schedule, which begins streaming at six o&#8217;clock and covers topics the outlet says mainstream German media downplays or ignores entirely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/nius.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nius<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative outlet Nius hosted a morning show discussing government health warnings, expiring fuel tax rebates, Swiss border policy, and Alice Weidel&#8217;s parliamentary speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":6009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[9,853,6326,6325,25,6324,3345],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-afd","tag-alice-weidel","tag-economic-concerns","tag-fuel-tax","tag-germany","tag-government-overreach","tag-nius","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions\/6012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}