The Guardian reports:
The leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland has said her party will campaign for a Brexit-style vote on EU membership if it comes to power, calling the UK’s departure from the bloc a model for its largest member. Alice Weidel told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview that the UK decision would be “dead right” for Germany, and that a “Dexit” would boost the country’s self-determination.
“It’s a model for Germany, that one can make a sovereign decision like that,” she said. It was one of the party’s first public pronouncements since the beginning of a wave of nationwide protests against the AfD, triggered by revelations that leading members had attended a covert meeting at which a “masterplan” for mass deportations of foreigners and German passport holders was discussed, with a view to the party implementing the plans if it came to power.
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As I’ve previously reported, AfD co-leader Alice Weidel [photo above], is in a civil union with a woman with whom she shares two children, but she opposes same-sex marriage and other LGBTQ rights.
Alice Weidel says the UK was ‘dead right’ in leaving the EU. Breaking a big national taboo, the far-right leader tells the FT she will call for a referendum on ‘Dexit’ — a German exit from the bloc — if elected https://t.co/EIJI0Txdo3 pic.twitter.com/NPxVei8GaK
— Financial Times (@FT) January 22, 2024