German Far-Right Aligns With Trump on Takedown of Wind Energy
- Party chair Weidel slams ‘windmills of shame’ at AfD event
- BDEW energy association calls such outbursts ‘devastating’
A wind farm near Biegen, Germany.
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Germany’s far-right AfD party warned it would dismantle wind parks should it win power, triggering a scathing response from the country’s energy industry.
The Alternative für Deutschland party would “tear down all wind turbines,” Chairwoman Alice Weidel said at a party convention in Riesa on Saturday. “Down with these windmills of shame.”