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

Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), stated in a ZDF interview that her party intends to withdraw Germany from the eurozone and the Schengen Agreement if they gain power. She also proposed the deportation of Syrians and ending the transport of Afghans to Germany.

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What happened

Co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alice Weidel has reiterated her party’s plans to withdraw Germany from the eurozone and pull out of the Schengen Agreement if it comes to power.

Why it matters

"Germany was much better off before the introduction of the euro.

Common ground

We are seeing widespread impoverishment among large segments of the working population," she said in an interview with the ZDF television channel.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), stated in a ZDF interview that her party intends to withdraw Germany from the eurozone and the Schengen Agreement if they gain power. She also proposed the deportation of Syrians and ending the transport of Afghans to Germany.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “she said in an interview with the ZDF television channel.”
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A web search result explicitly mentions a 'summer interview with Chrupalla and Weidel' on the ZDF information channel, confirming the interview took place.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election was held in Germany on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag, down from 736 in 2021 due to reforms in seat distribution. The 2025 election took place seven…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_German_federal_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alice Elisabeth Weidel (German: [aˈliːs eˈliːzabɛt ˈvaɪdl̩]; born 6 February 1979) is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Weidel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tino Chrupalla (German: [ˈtiːno kʁʊˈpala]; born 14 April 1975) is a German politician from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). A member of the German parliament (Bundestag) since 2017, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino_Chrupalla
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Claim 2: “The Alternative for Germany currently tops political party rankings in Germany.”
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The evidence contradicts the claim that the AfD 'tops' the rankings; one source explicitly states that the party is 'currently in second place in the polls for the upcoming federal election'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Further information: 2017 German federal election and 2021 German federal election. Second vote share percentage for AfD in the 2017 federal election in Germany, final results. National party conventi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
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web search NEUTRAL — The protesters in Germany are directly responding to the AfD’s radical policy positions and the fact that it is currently in second place in the polls for the upcoming federal election, which will tak…
https://theconversation.com/a-far-right-political-group-is-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — DW looks at the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. It was founded in 2013 by euroskeptics, but began campaigning on an anti-immigration platform in 2015.
https://www.dw.com/en/afd-what-you-need-to-know-about-german…
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Claim 3: “the Afghanis will no longer be brought [to Germany] by planes.”
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The provided evidence mentions AfD's general anti-immigration stance and specific plans for civil servants in Saxony-Anhalt, but contains no mention of a specific plan regarding Afghanis being brought by planes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A federal election was held in Germany on 23 February 2025 to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag, down from 736 in 2021 due to reforms in seat distribution. The 2025 election took place seven…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_German_federal_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD [aːʔɛfˈdeː] ) is a far-right, right-wing populist, national conservative, and in parts völkisch nationalist political party in Germany…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
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Claim 4: “We will close it (the border - TASS), we will withdraw from the Schengen Agreement so that people from Ceuta could no longer arrive here”
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Multiple sources report Weidel's claims regarding closing national borders and terminating the Schengen agreement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician, who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dexit is a term for Germany's hypothetical withdrawal from the European Union (EU) or from the eurozone. The word is based on the terms Grexit for the hypothetical withdrawal of Greece from the eurozo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_withdrawal_from_the_Eur…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jörg Hubert Meuthen (German: [ˈjœɐ̯k ˈmɔʏtn̩]; born 29 June 1961) is a German economist, academic and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany from 2017 until 2024. He …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jörg_Meuthen
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Claim 5: “Co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alice Weidel has reiterated her party’s plans to withdraw Germany from the eurozone and pull out of the Schengen Agreement if it comes to power.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Alice Weidel stated the AfD would seek Germany's withdrawal from the euro and the Schengen Agreement if the party came to power.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician, who has served as Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. He has also served as Leader of the Christian Democratic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dexit is a term for Germany's hypothetical withdrawal from the European Union (EU) or from the eurozone. The word is based on the terms Grexit for the hypothetical withdrawal of Greece from the eurozo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_withdrawal_from_the_Eur…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AfD Saxony is the state association of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the German state of Saxony. The state association is led by a member of the Landtag of Saxony named Jörg Urban. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfD_Saxony
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Claim 6: “in case her party comes to power, 'all the Syrians will be returned to their homeland'”
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While there is evidence of general pushes for Syrian deportations and mentions of the AfD's immigration policies, the provided evidence does not contain a specific quote or confirmation that Weidel stated 'all the Syrians will be returned to their homeland'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the one-party rule of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1970 un…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Syria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Syrian Air Force (SyAF, Arabic: القوات الجوية السورية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Jawwīyah al-Sūrīyah) is the air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It was established in 1948, and first saw ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Air_Force
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Syrians in Germany (Arabic: السوريون في ألمانيا, romanized: al-Sūrīyūn fī Almāniyā) refers to Syrian immigrants in Germany, or Germans with Syrian ancestry. The number of people with an immigration ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_Germany
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