Former Czech President Klaus and MP Okamura back Germany's AfD at Berlin conference

On 26 June 2026, former Czech President Václav Klaus and Czech parliamentary speaker Tomio Okamura addressed a two‑day conference organized by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the German Bundestag in Berlin. Klaus condemned what he called the “demonisation” of AfD, describing it as “absurd, but unfortunately it affects many people,” and urged the party to win the upcoming federal election. Okamura claimed the party faces discrimination in Germany and called for it to finally join the government.

The conference, titled “1st Democratic Congress of the AfD faction in the German Bundestag,” was opened by AfD co‑leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, who warned of a “distortion of democracy.” Both speakers wished AfD strong results, especially in Saxony‑Anhalt, Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern and Berlin, where polls suggest the party could secure 35‑41 % of the vote. The AfD, which received 20.8 % in the 2025 early election, has been labeled a “right‑wing extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence service BfV, a designation a court has temporarily suspended.

Other participants included Czech‑origin MEP Petr Bystroň and former BfV director Hans‑Georg Maassen.