Germany’s AfD Party Would Hold EU Membership Vote If Elected, Leader Says

If it comes to power, the right-wing Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party will hold a referendum on Germany’s European Union membership, party leader Alice Weidel has said. In a Jan. 22 interview with the Financial Times, Ms. Weidel hailed Britain’s departure from the EU four years ago as a “model for Germany.” In a move commonly known as “Brexit,” the United Kingdom officially left the EU in 2020 based on the outcome of a 2016 referendum. According to Ms. Weidel, an AfD-led government in Germany would first seek to “curb” the powers of the Brussels-based European Commission, which she described as an “unelected executive.”...