What is 'Dexit'? How is it linked with Germany?
Saxony, has received the best electoral results for the far-right in Germany since the Nazis' rise. Weidel criticized other parties for refusing coalition agreements with the AfD and emphasized that Germany’s exit from the EU would be a last resort aimed at reforming, not destroying, the bloc.
Alice Weidel's remarks shocks world
Weidel remarked to Italy’s La Repubblica: “Dexit, Germany’s departure from the EU, is for us a last resort. We don’t want to destroy things, we want to reform them. But that will happen only if our European partners understand that they must respect our vital interests.”
AfD leader Björn Höcke, known for advocating EU dissolution and convicted of using Nazi slogans, has contributed to the party’s radicalization. Despite the AfD’s growing support, other parties in Thuringia and potentially at the federal level have formed a «firewall» against the AfD, which might render Weidel’s threats of Dexit ineffective for now.
Weidel criticizes alliance forming
Weidel has criticized this isolation strategy as “profoundly anti-democratic” and warned the CDU against forming alliances with the Left. She argued that excluding the AfD, which represents over 30% of voters in Thuringia and Saxony, undermines democratic culture and ignores the electorate's desire for substantial political change.
The AfD, which has been labeled as «proven Right-wing extremists» by Germany’s domestic intelligence service, has been accused of radicalism. Weidel dismisses these claims, asserting that they are “baseless
