Response from Berlin

The far-right Alternative for Germany, with the high percentages it receives at the federal and mainly state level, has set high goals and does not want to be limited only to the German borders, as research by the public networks NDR and WDR reveals.

According to journalistic information, relayed by the tagesschau.de website, the AfD is considering the establishment of a European party, and indeed soon, with the aim of drawing public European money, intended for respective parties.

The funds will actually come from the funds of the European Union, which of course the AfD strongly criticizes. AfD leader Björn Hecke’s controversial statement in Thuringia that “the current EU must die so that the real Europe can live” appears to have many supporters within the party.

Target in 2025

The plan is reportedly already being prepared for some time by a group of MEPs of the party and central officials of the AfD presidency. The new party formation that will emerge will operate at the European level and the goal is to include within it related far-right parties that operate in other EU member states. The phenomenon of establishing European parties is not something unknown in European practice and for for this reason they are subsidized at the European level with public money.

The Alternative for Germany, after the momentum of the second party it acquired in the European elections and with an air of victory in view of the upcoming three electoral contests in eastern Germany, does not want to lose the positive momentum. In fact, it seems that he intends to speed up procedural actions in order to meet the deadlines for the EU budget for 2025, after first receiving relevant approval at a party conference.

Developments are underway in Berlin

As the journalistic investigation reveals, developments are underway in the German capital, and it is no coincidence that the new far-right political group of the European Parliament called “Europe of Sovereign Nations” has already opened an office in Berlin. The Alternative for Germany has also joined there with its 14 MEPs. European far-right parties taking part in it include “Confederation” from Poland, “Renaissance” from Bulgaria and Eric Zemur’s “Reoccupation” from France.

The two German media that carried out this investigation even refer to provisions from the planned statute of the new European party, which may have a blue olive as its symbol.

According to the statutory act, “the group will aim at the networking and cooperation of political associations, as well as at the interconnection of elected officials from all EU member states and third countries, at European, national, regional and local level, who seek common political objectives and the implementation of joint programs”. In fact, in a relevant correspondence it is emphasized that there should be an explicit mention of a commitment to the observance of EU values ​​and human dignity.