Alternative for Germany" as a response to the migration crisis in Germany

The aim of the article is to study the political position of "Alternative for Germany", new political party founded in 2013, on immigration, refugee and asylum issues. For accomplishment of this goal, the following tasks must be performed: 1) To analyze the main points of political programs, pre-election programs of 2016 and 2017, devoted to thematic topics; 2) To find out how the migration crisis of 2015 affected the formation of the political orientation of the party; 3) To use statistical data, publications, interviews with politicians for analysis of the influence of the "Alternative for Germany" policy on the growth of the party electorate. The main research methods are analysis and generalization of the data concerning political party's program, as well as pre-election programs. As a result of the research, the author came to the conclusion that the new small party "Alternative for Germany", which until 2015 positioned itself as a supporter of withdrawal from the Eurozone, later changed the direction of its policy to "anti-immigration". The immigration policy of the party "Alternative for Germany" and the policy of granting asylum are aimed at minimizing immigration and strengthening of the granting asylum policy; it requires a ban imposed on foreign financing of Islamic mosques, as well as wearing scarves, aimed at closing madrasahs and generally legitimizing criticism of Islam. The party's main program is imbued with anti-immigration attitudes. For example, a significant place in it is taken by the family policy, which is oriented towards the traditional model of the family "parents-children", and "lack of demographic development" in Germany is presented as a reason for taking countermeas-ures. The position and requirements of the party in these areas of policy are based on the aspirations to preserve the "German identity" and the rejection of multiculturalism. The research of the political programs of the "Alternatives" presents a conclusion that the party highlighted in its political program the most exciting and pressing problems for the German people. By receiving considerable support in the elections, the party confirmed the exhaustion of the Germans not only with the newly arrived millions of migrants, but also with traditional, conservative parties and their policies. The question whether this party is a serious political counter balancer for conservative parties in Germany and whether it is able to become a substitute for the current political forces or continues to serve as a small party that uses current problems only to increase the number of votes in the elections, remains open at the moment. But, according to sociological studies of the party's electorate, AdG is supported by a large number of young people, which indicates that it has good chances to stay in the political arena and strengthen its positions. Perhaps the further policies of the current government referring to immigration problems and the 2017 elections will be able to throw a little light on this issue.

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