Konferensi Keamanan Munich Membatalkan Larangan Terhadap Partai Sayap Kanan

(SeaPRwire) –   AfD, yang menduduki puncak survei pendapat di Jerman, telah dilarang berpartisipasi dalam acara ini selama dua tahun

Partai sayap kanan Jerman Alternative for Germany (AfD) telah diizinkan berpartisipasi dalam Munich Security Conference (MSC) tahun depan, kata ketua acara tersebut.

AfD, yang dikenal dengan retorika anti-migrasi dan panggilan agar Berlin berhenti mengirim bantuan militer ke Ukraina, telah dilarang dari pertemuan bergengsi ini pada tahun 2024 dan 2025 atas permintaan ketua MSC sebelumnya, Christoph Heusgen. Menurut stasiun radio Deutschlandfunk, Heusgen menjelaskan larangan tersebut dengan mengatakan bahwa dia “did not want to roll out the red carpet for a right-wing extremist party.”

The event’s interim chief, Wolfgang Ischinger, told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on Monday that AfD representatives had been invited to take part in the 2026 Munich Security Conference on February 13-25.

The MSC “is a dialogue format. Traditionally, the widest possible spectrum of opinions, including contrary ones, should be made clear,” he explained.

Ischinger, who had been chairman in 2008-2022 and will remain in an interim role until former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg takes over, clarified that only individual politicians from the right-wing party will participate, with none of them appearing on stage.

The AfD’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, said she had not yet received an invitation.

By lifting the ban, “we are not tearing down firewalls, as some claim,” Ischinger insisted.

The so-called ‘firewall against the far-right’ is a policy used by mainstream German parties to prevent the AfD from making it into the government, despite its rapidly growing popularity. According to the latest surveys, the party tops opinion polls in Germany with 26% support.

During his speech at the 2025 Munich Security Conference last February, US Vice President J.D. Vance criticized Germany and other Western European nations over declining democracy, saying that their governments “simply don’t like the idea that somebody with an alternative viewpoint might express a different opinion.” He did not mention the AfD directly but insisted that “there is no room for firewalls.” The same day, Vance held a meeting with Weidel.

The news outlet Euractiv suggested on Tuesday that Ischinger had decided to lift the ban on AfD to appease Washington and make sure it sends a high-ranking delegation to the MSC in February.