AfD changes course on the euro: abandons demands to leave

The AfD is changing course on the euro: According to information from “Bild”, the party is saying goodbye to its long-standing call for an exit from the euro system in an internal strategy paper and is instead focusing on a fundamental restructuring of the EU and the monetary union.

The party was founded in 2013 with the aim of rejecting the common European currency. In the 2025 federal election program, she called for Germany to leave the Euro system. Now the AfD is aiming for reforms instead: states should be more liable for their own debts again and the European Central Bank's options for intervention should be limited. The aim is to place the euro on a “sustainable foundation of personal responsibility and liability”.

If this reform course fails, the population should decide on “Germany’s future European and monetary policy path”. According to the report, the paper was discussed at a meeting of members of the European Parliament, the Bundestag and the state parliaments at the end of September.

EU should become a “federation of sovereign nations”.

According to the report, the AfD proposes transforming the European Union into a “federation of sovereign nations”. The community should therefore focus primarily on the internal market, the protection of external borders, security issues and selected technology projects. The party also calls for national exceptions, for example in migration, social and financial policy.