AfD party votes to campaign for German exit from EU

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Source: Agence France-Presse

AfD party votes to campaign for German exit from EU

Agence France-Presse
Sun 13 Jan 2019 15.10 GMT

The German far-right party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has voted to campaign for the country’s exit from the European Union if its demand for reforms within the bloc are not met.

The decision on Sunday marks the first time any party has called for “Dexit” – a German departure from the EU in the mould of Brexit.

If the EU is not reshaped in line with the party’s ideas “in an appropriate timeframe”, Germany must leave the bloc, according to the draft manifesto for the forthcoming European parliament elections agreed by delegates at a party congress in the eastern state of Saxony.

Congress attendees also voted through a call to abolish the European parliament – the very body that AfD candidates will be campaigning to join this spring.

“We see nation states as having the exclusive competence to make laws,” the text said, attacking the “751 privileged members” of the present European house.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/afd-party-to-campaign-for-german-exit-from-european-union

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1. Yeah, THAT one has about as much chance in Germany as outlawing beer and Bratwurst

Germany borders on about ten other European countries, exports to all of them, and is running a budget surplus. If there is one country that will NOT exit the EU as long as there is one, it's Germany.