State election: AfD youth opposes Weidel's euro course
The head of the AfD youth is opposing the federal chairwoman Alice Weidel on two key demands. The conflict is hitting the party before important state elections in eastern Germany.
A leadership dispute has erupted within Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party over the future of the euro. AfD youth organization "Generation Deutschland" (GD) chair Jean-Pascal Hohm contradicts party leader Alice Weidel, who had advocated for a German exit from the euro and the Schengen Agreement. Hohm wants to reform the euro system rather than leave it, and keep Germany in the Schengen Area while tightening European migration policy.
Economists, including the president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Marcel Fratzscher, have criticized Weidel's plan as high-risk, warning it could lead to widespread unemployment and significant income losses.
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