AfD to withdraw Germany from eurozone, Schengen Agreement if comes to power - leader

In Germany on 23 August 2026, AfD leader Alice Weidel said the party would withdraw Germany from the eurozone and the Schengen Agreement if it came to power. In a ZDF summer interview she called Merz and Klingbeil 'Flachzangen', a German insult. AfD chair Chrupalla called climate change a 'side issue'. In Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD continued its campaign, the party said it wanted to introduce a citizen patrol; Schulze called that 'nonsense'.