Inspired by Brexit, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party plans to hold a referendum on Germany’s exit from the European Union. In any case, this is what was clarified, in an interview this Monday, January 22 at Financial Times, the party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel. Words that set the tone before the next legislative elections in 2025, where the AfD will present a candidate for chancellor for the first time. An idea which is not new for the party, but which is coming to fruition.
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“ If reform is not possible, if we fail to rebuild the sovereignty of the Member States of the European Union, we should let the people decide, as the United Kingdom has done », these are the clear words of Alice Weidel. The co-leader of the far-right German party clarifies: the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is ” a model for Germany “.
During its party congress this summer, the AfD had already highlighted its Euroscepticism, speaking of the European Union as “ of a bankrupt project that requires a radical transformation », but did not call for its dissolution. The idea was still very unpopular with German voters.
But this time, Alice Weidel speaks unambiguously of a referendum with a view to Dexit, the German version of Brexit, if her party comes to power. It must be said that for several months, polls have made the AfD the second political force in the country, just behind the conservatives and ahead of the Social Democratic Party of the current German chancellor. And the far right is showing more than ever its desire to govern.
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