Leader of soaring German party describes Brexit as a “model for Germany”

If trends continue and she wins power, she will hold an EU Referendum for ‘DEXIT’

Montage © Facts4EU.Org 2024, Alice Weidel photo attribution: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons

The AfD’s popularity keeps growing and the EU Commission is getting worried

On Monday the Leader of the right-of-centre ‘Alternative für Deutschland’ party, Alice Weidel, gave an interview to the Financial Times.

In this interview the leader of the most popular party in Germany made some astonishingly positive comments about Brexit.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Germany’s most popular party argues for a ‘DEXIT’ Referendum

Latest German opinion polling

Right-wing ‘Alternative für Deutschland’(AfD) party polling much higher than German Chancellor’s party
AfD also polling higher than the other two coalition government parties
They will hold a ‘Dexit’ Referendum if elected
Leader Alice Weidel says Brexit was “dead right”

[Sources : German opinion polls and the FT.]

AfD (Alice Weidel) : 21.5%
SPD (Chancellor Sholtz coalition govt) : 13.5%
Greens (Coalition govt) : 12.5%
FDP (Coalition govt) : 5.0%

[Source : German opinion poll INSA, 22 Jan 2024.]

The AfD Leader’s interview with the FT

Alice Weidel has been leader of the AfD since 2022. In that time the AfD’s fortunes have risen considerably, according to German public opinion. In her interview with the FT on Tuesday she said she would hold a Brexit-style referendum on membership of the EU if her party comes to power. She described the UK’s exit from the EU as “dead right”.

“It’s a model for Germany, that one can make a sovereign decision like that.”

Ms Weidel went on to talk about the “democratic deficit” in the EU, curbing the powers of the European Commission, and she then described the Commission as an “unelected executive”, as Facts4EU.Org has done many times over the years.

“If we fail to rebuild the sovereignty of the EU member states, we should let the people decide, just as Britain did. And we could have a referendum on ‘Dexit’ - a German exit from the EU.”

Einen Moment, bitte

At this point we must say that there is zero chance of the Alternative für Deutschland taking power in Germany any time soon. They may be the most popular party with the public, but all the other parties have ruled out any alliance with them.

Without that – and because of the fragmented nature of European politics due to the PR systems they have for elections – the AfD will gain seats in State legislatures this year and in the Bundestag but will have no chance of forming a government as things stand.

Nevertheless, what the AfD is doing is shifting the debate in Germany.

The future under an AfD government

Asked by the FT about her priorities, Ms Weidel said the AfD would “introduce effective border controls... and immediately deport foreign criminals”. She added that they would reform the tax system, slim down the state and end Germany’s shift to Net Zero.

This might sound familiar to British voters wishing Rishi Sunak would do this in the United Kingdom.

Observations

Quite why EU politicians still think the FT is in any way relevant is beyond us, but they do. It is read in Brussels but not across the United Kingdom. We gave up reading it long ago.

Nevertheless, she did the interview and given that almost no-one outside the City of London in the UK reads the FT any more, we have picked out some interesting quotes for our readers.

What our report demonstrates is the shift in the public mood across Europe. From Denmark’s and Sweden’s new conservative governments in the north to Italy’s new conservative government in the south, the people of Europe are voting for change.

In Germany there is still a long way to go, and Alice Weidel of Alternative für Deutschland fully accepts that. The key thing is that all these shifts are slowly hampering the ability of the EU Commission to continue to follow its globalist agenda.

It is perhaps ironic that in the United Kingdom - the country which was the first to secure its freedom from the EU autocratic bloc - the poor performance of the Conservative Government under Rishi Sunak looks set to put the UK on a path to a pro-EU, socialist, globalist path for the next 10 years.

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[ Sources: INSA | FT | | Alternative für Deutschland | German media ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

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Reader Comments 12

1. terence patrick hewett , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 07:12:

What Germany wants from the EU, Germany gets. When Germany starts to ramp up the pressure on the Brussels mafiosi, expect abject appeasement.

2. Ashley Great Britain , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 07:43:

Germany will never be allowed a referendum vote no matter who's in power. The great thing is that they are all now realising how bad the EU is for them and that may bring around slow beneficial change.
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If Labour win the UK Gen election we are really ruined, If people think it has been bad up to now they won't believe their eyes at what will come.
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If only we could put aside the two party system.

3. Sparky , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 08:01:

The Brexit dream. If the UK leaves the EU, other countries will follow and the EU will collapse. Akin to Farage and Hoey when providing solutions to the Northern Ireland border issue created by Brexit suggested that the Republic of Ireland should leave the EU.
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A recent German poll found 87% of Germans support EU membership. in Sept 23 a poll of AfD,s members showed that 52% supported the EU. After seeing the mess of UK politics over the last few years and the collapse of the Cons party that gave the UK Brexit the Germans won't follow.
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Question on The Chase last week. "in 2022, what country overtook London as home to the most valuable European stock market? A Paris. B Frankfurt. C Amsterrdam. Correct answer is? Paris". London has got its crown back but it's the type of thing that continues to increase regret for Brexit.

4. Old Albion , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 08:27:

Every empire in history has eventually collapsed. For the EU 'tis only a matter of time.

5. Guest , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 11:22:

"put the UK on a path to a pro-EU, socialist, globalist path for the next 10 years."
This is almost universally the narrative, but am I the only one who doesn't see it?
The British people are sick to the back teeth of the policies of these Tory wets, so why would there be multiple terms of office for the same thing, but amplified?
Also, any incoming Labour government will be getting the predictable Union and Public Sector pay demands, but unlike 1997 there's no money. So the strikes will be amplified too.
I think years of deadlock and hung parliaments are more likely. My only hope is a chastised and dried-out Tory party in government with the support of Reform, just as that awful woman was previously propped up by the DUP.

6. David , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 11:49:

Reply to Sparky re comment 3.
The polls you quote are suspect as are all polls. Remember the polls here which consistently indicated
the Remain side would win the Referendum?
In the polls stating 87% of Germans wanting to stay in the EU, how many people were asked, was it a true representation
of the country and what was the actual question that was asked?
The actual question asked can make a huge difference to the results.
There is a good episode of "Yes Minister" which perfectly illustrates how the way you phrase the question "leading questions"
can get the answer you want.
Google "Leading questions Yes prime Minister". It's very funny and so true.

7. Sparky , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12:17:

6 D. Fabulous episode and series. Nigel Hawthorne was amazing at remembering the lines he came out with and in one take in front a studio audience. Also love the episode where Humphrey explains why the UK joined the EU, and the one about the Euro Sausage, just brilliant. Euroscepticism on steroids.
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Margaret Thatchers favourite programme. But it was satire!

8. David , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12:56:

To Sparky re latest comment 7.
Yes Sparky it was satire, but satire is often based on truth.
You can get any answer you want depending upon the leading questions you ask.
You cannot deny that all the opinion polls saying the Remain side were going to win were wrong.
And as for the poll which says 87% of Germans want to stay in the EU, I'm reminded of the famous quote
"Some people use statistics as a drunk man uses a lamp post - for support, not for illumination".

9. LuxuryBaloon , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 15:57:

Looking forward to a future full interview of Facts4EU with Björn Höcke.

10. jon iivesey , Thursday, January 25, 2024, 18:24:

It's a good idea not to get caught up in Remainer word-spinning, because they are so good at playing with words and misrepresentation. This isn't about who "supports" being in the EU in Germany or anywhere else, because that is just opinion, not fact. This is about cold cash and finance.
Imagine you are a German taxpayer and voter. For the last several decades Germany has been an EU member and the German economy and exports have grown strongly, as has German ownership of assets elsewhere in the EU. That all made German membership of the EU seem like a good idea.
But look around today, Germany is in a not-recession - a recession "revised" to zero growth - unemployment has risen every year for the past five years and is already up to 5.5%, which is high by German standards, about one and a half times the UK level. The newspapers are reporting increased street violence and anti-semitic attacks. Without the UK the German contribution to EU finances has risen. The EU itself has declined in Worldwide significance and Germany and France are taking their own steps in Ukraine and the Middle East. NATO, in the form of the US and UK, not the EU,, is protecting German shipping in the Red Sea.
This means that EU membership is no longer an obviously "good idea". This is not a question of clever word-games, but of Germans, being very practical people, asking themselves what they are getting for what they are paying.
How many people in the UK bothered to turn out for the last Remainer march, versus how many people in Germany voted for the AfD?

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