The German party considered holding a referendum to leave the European Union as the right of all nations
| The leader of the Alternative for Germany party, whose party has gained a lot of popularity among German citizens based on polls, considered Brexit a good model for his country and considered the holding of an exit referendum as the right of all nations, including its own citizens. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper, “Alice Weidel”, the leader of the extreme Alternative for Germany party, whose party has recently gained a lot of popularity among citizens in polls, has described Britain’s exit from the European Union as “a model for Germany”.
In an interview published in English with the London Financial Times on Monday, Widel explained his party’s approach in case of entering the next government and said: First, the extreme party is an alternative to Germany. will solve the “democratic deficit” by reforming the European Union. If this is unsuccessful, a referendum will be held for Germany to remain in the European Union.
This stance of the extreme German party has caused great concern among the coalition government parties. has done. Franziska Brantner, a government official at the German Ministry of Economy and a member of the Green Party in the coalition government, said: “The decision to leave Germany from the European Union, which the extreme party is clearly seeking, threatens the foundations of our well-being.
He emphasized: the internal market of the European Union is “fundamental to our economic success as a strong exporting country”.
In 2016, 52% of Britons who took part in the Brexit referendum voted to leave the EU and 48% voted to remain in the EU. . Britain’s exit from this union will be completed in 2020.
In another part of his speech, Weidel praised Britain’s exit from the European Union as an “absolutely right” step.
The far-right Alternative for Germany party decided in June last summer on its list of candidates and program for the European elections in Magdeburg. The program states: “We believe that the European Union cannot be reformed and we see it as a failed project. Therefore we strive to form a “European Federation of Nations”, a newly established European economic and interest community in which the sovereignty of member states is protected.
Extreme Party Germany does not rule out the possibility of holding a referendum on Germany’s possible exit from the European Union. “It is the inalienable right of every EU nation to vote to remain in the EU, monetary union and other transnational projects,” the program said. This right “has been denied to us in Germany by parties that have been in power for decades.” It is a controversy from the state of Saxony. AfD has been represented in the European Parliament with 9 members.
The radical alternative party for Germany has recently become very popular among citizens according to polls, and even from The Social Democratic Party of Olaf Schultz, the prime minister, has also surpassed.
The German magazine “Focus” recently published an article about the good prospects of the extreme party as an alternative for Germany to achieve success. in the future and its greater recognition at the international level.
The results of a recent poll on the popularity of German politicians also show that Olaf Schultz, the chancellor of Germany He is the big loser of the year and his popularity is even lower than that of the leader of the extreme alternative party for Germany. It has gained more than 1,000 new members so far this year and currently has around 41,000 members.
Sahra Wagenknecht, a member of the Bundestag who recently founded an anti-European party He said that the extreme party of Germany is very strong because the politics in Berlin is very disastrous.
An alternative extreme party for Germany, which these days is going through good and rising times in Germany, which has caused a lot of concern among traditional parties, has announced a significant increase in the number of its members.
It has 40,131 members, about 37 percent more than at the end of 2022, when the party still had 29,296 members a year earlier.
The far-right Alternative for Germany party hopes that to gain more in the European elections in June and especially in the state elections in September (Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg).
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