Europa: AfD will EU komplett umbauen
AfD-Chefin Weidel besucht das Europäische Parlament in Straßburg. Weidel fordert mehr Macht für Nationalstaaten und weniger Kompetenzen für die EU-Kommission.
In Strasbourg, the AfD has unveiled proposals for a radical reform of the European Union. Alice Weidel, the party's chief spokesperson, speaking in English at a press conference in the European Parliament, expressed her view that the EU is no longer a group of sovereign states. She criticized the unelected EU Commission for being the sole institution capable of proposing pan-European laws, arguing that this constitutes "a massive disruption to the system of mutual control and democratic decision-making."
Weidel stated that they propose rebuilding the European Union, returning competencies to national parliaments and governments.
Similar sentiments were echoed last week by Marine Le Pen, a leading right-wing French politician. During a visit to Brussels, Le Pen stated in Brussels that a Europe of nations means primarily that the European Commission, which today constantly exceeds its competencies, should once again assume the role of a "secretariat" in service of the nations.
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