Meeting with a Federal Councilor: Switzerland welcomes German migrant hater

In Potsdam, Huy explained that the AfD was no longer against dual citizenship because of its concept. “Because then you can take the German ones with you again, they still have them,” she says.

Blick research shows: Politician Huy maintains close relationships in Switzerland – up to the highest level of government. And it has connections to Swiss federal companies.

AfD woman at Parmelin

In December 2022, Huy visited Federal Bern with a delegation from the German-Swiss parliamentary group. The parliamentarians, who are responsible for maintaining relations between the Swiss Federal Assembly and the German Bundestag, were received at the Federal Palace by the then President of the National Council, Martin Candinas (43, center).

Huy was then invited to visit Minister of Economy Guy Parmelin (64, SVP). She later reported this on her Facebook profile. For example, she discussed Swiss negotiations with the EU with the Federal Council.

Parmelin’s economic department avoided Blick, compared to the fact that the Federal Council received the German politicians at the request of the chairman of the Swiss delegation for relations with the German Bundestag. A spokesperson explained: “It was a visit by a delegation and not by individual parliamentarians.”

She also met Ambassador Leu

But Switzerland went very far in accommodating Huy and the other German politicians. She also met the then State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Livia Leu (63). Today, Leu is the Swiss ambassador in Berlin. When asked, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not comment on whether she was still in contact with Huy: they did not want to comment on it, they told Blick.

And finally, Huy visited the SBB headquarters with the delegation and spoke with railway boss Vincent Ducrot (61) about public transport.

Was this really just a one-time visit that Huy made as part of a delegation? No: the Swiss economy knows the AfD politician very well. From 1998 to 2003, she led Swisscom’s activities as a board member. The telecommunications company is still largely owned by the Swiss Confederation.

Huy defends the remigration concept

Huy herself responded to the Correctiv investigation: she announced on X that she had filed a criminal complaint against the research center. “Eavesdropping and photographing a private meeting is, in my opinion, criminal,” she says. “The smear campaign” has at least sparked a public debate about remigration, which is grist to the AfD’s mill.

After the secret meeting came to light, thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin and Potsdam on Sunday to preserve democracy. Among the participants were Chancellor Olaf Scholz (65, SPD) and Minister Annalena Baerbock (43, Greens). According to organizers and police, 25,000 people gathered for the rally at the Brandenburg Gate.

It remained quiet in Switzerland.