Apparently, the Alternative for Germany party also wants to desert the euro and return to trade with Russia
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) – the third largest opposition party in the national parliament – intends to take the country out of the EU if it wins the upcoming elections, several media reported on Friday, citing the party’s newly developed electoral program.
The AfD, currently rating second in polls behind the center-right CDU ahead of next 12 months’s elections, confirmed the document existed but didn’t make it public. The party also wants Germany to desert the euro and return to the media, in line with outlets corresponding to Die Zeit and Der Spiegel.
the 85-page manifesto reportedly says.
The EU in its current form must be replaced after a transition period, media quoted the document as saying, adding that the AfD believes the EU is attempting to turn into
On its website, the party lists Germany’s exit from the EU as a part of its political program and advocates the concept, adding it to that vision.
The party also seeks to revive trade relations with Russia, which were severed by EU sanctions imposed after the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022. The AfD text emphasizes the importance of Russia as a supplier of low-cost natural gas for German industry, in line with domestic media.
According to Die Zeit, the document also calls for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Russia and the repair of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Nord Stream 1 supplied Russian gas to Germany before landing in September 2022, together with Nord Stream 2.
The party also apparently wants Germany to go away the Paris Climate Agreement and introduce restrictions on abortion.
The AfD neither confirmed nor denied reports about its election program, but said that the document had been sent to delegates to the party’s federal conference, scheduled for mid-January.
The document’s lead writer, Professor Ingo Hahn, described it as:
Germany could hold an early parliamentary vote as early as February 23 after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party government coalition earlier this month. If Scholz’s current minority cabinet loses the vote of confidence in mid-December, the country will go to early elections.
The AfD became the fifth largest faction in the Bundestag after the 2021 parliamentary elections, through which it obtained over 10% of the votes.
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