AfD leader Alice Weidel has called for new elections in light of the crisis facing the German government. “Given the disastrous state of the coalition, new elections would, in our view, be the cleanest solution,” Weidel told the news portal The Pioneer, according to a report published Monday. “The sovereign must now decide who should lead the country out of the crisis.” She said her party was ready to do so.
Asked whether the AfD would tolerate a minority government under a possible Chancellor Markus Söder (CSU) or Hendrik Wüst (CDU), Weidel said her party was “unchanged in its willingness to extend a hand to anyone and enter into serious talks if this serves the interests of the country.”
The conditions, Weidel said, would be a “genuine and consistent shift in migration policy,” a departure from the previous energy policy, and a return to “sound budget management,” said the leader of the party that is partly classified as right-wing extremist.
“Whether Söder or Wüst, as possible candidates for chancellor, would be prepared to do so in view of the walls they themselves have erected is another matter,” Weidel added.
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