德国基督教教堂正在针对极右翼政党德国选择党(AfD)在萨克森-安哈尔特州的政治立场采取明确立场1。教堂通过标语、讲道和宣言等方式，表达对民主的捍卫，并反对AfD的民族主义政策及其对宗教机构的攻击1。这一行动的背景是AfD在定于2026年9月6日举行的州选举中民调领先1，而德国国内情报机构已将AfD萨克森-安哈尔特分支列为"证实的极右翼极端组织"1。
AfD的政府纲领对宗教机构构成直接威胁。其政策主张包括结束所有国家对教堂的资助、废除公共税收代理教堂税、对教堂庇护难民者进行财务问责，以及取消新教学院的国家资金1。天主教主教费格警告称，"如果AfD单党政府上台，萨克森-安哈尔特将成为通往国家政治的门户"1。德国天主教主教团曾在2024年2月发表声明《民族主义与基督教不兼容》1，这一立场现已成为教堂组织在州选举前的具体行动。
萨克森-安哈尔特州的宗教信仰构成相对多元，新教信徒占州人口的10%，天主教信徒占3%，超过85%的民众无宗教信仰1。
Christian churches in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state are mounting an organized defense of democratic values against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), employing sermons, banners, and formal declarations to counter the party's nationalist agenda and attacks on religious institutions.1 The mobilization comes as the AfD leads in polls ahead of the state election scheduled for September 6, 2026.1
The churches' opposition centers on the AfD's platform, which calls for an end to all state funding for churches, the abolition of public tax collection for church taxes, financial accountability for churches that shelter refugees, and the elimination of state funding for Protestant seminaries.1 In February 2024, the German Catholic Bishops' Conference issued a statement declaring that "nationalism and Christianity are incompatible."1 Bishop Gerhard Feige of the Catholic Church warned that "if the AfD forms a single-party government, Saxony-Anhalt will become a gateway to national politics."1
The religious opposition reflects the stakes in a state where Protestants comprise 10 percent of the population and Catholics 3 percent, with more than 85 percent reporting no religious affiliation.1 Germany's domestic intelligence agency has classified the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch as a "confirmed far-right extremist organization."1
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