Following a possible increase in votes for the AfD in the European elections, the party’s influence on climate policy will also rise. In Europe, but especially in the eastern German state and local elections this year, the party, which is partly far-right, can significantly slow down the energy transition at the local level. This is also the declared goal of the AfD, which is the only party in the Bundestag that outright rejects scientific findings on climate change and the Paris Climate Agreement.