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Germany's AfD Weighs Shift From Anti-EU Roots, Strategy Paper ...
The paper calls for EU treaty changes and national opt-outs, with a referendum on Germany’s membership if reforms fail, Reuters reported.
- On Monday, a strategy paper revealed the Alternative for Germany seeks to reform European Union treaties into a looser alliance, potentially holding a referendum on Germany's membership if negotiations fail.
- Lawmakers from the European Parliament and German state parliaments produced the document last month, marking a shift in the founding principles of the AfD, which previously advocated dissolving the currency union.
- Peter Boehringer, the AfD's parliamentary spokesman, described the proposal as an implementation plan for existing positions rather than a policy reversal, noting the paper advocates national opt-outs without fundamentally opposing the euro.
- A party convention next year must approve any changes to the platform, while mainstream parties continue refusing to cooperate with the AfD, which the domestic intelligence agency branded "right-wing extremist."
- Following election successes in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD aims to enter the federal government by 2029, with party co-leader Alice Weidel having previously described the euro as a "soft currency.
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The German National Assembly is discussing a new strategy for the European Union. The party proposes to turn the EU into a union of sovereign states, and in case of failure of reforms, to hold a referendum on German membership
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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The AfD was founded as an anti-euro party. Now an internal position paper shows a change of direction in its European policy.
·Essen, Germany
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Germany's AfD weighs shift from anti-EU roots, strategy paper ...
·London, United Kingdom
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There may be a debate within the AfD about the relationship with the EU. Some propose remaining in the union, with demands for better national control over areas such as migration and social policy.
AfD members are advocating a shift in the party's long-standing opposition to Germany's membership in the European Union and the euro.
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