PoliticsReport: AfD's Alice Weidel to unveil plan to cut EU powers

Politico reports that Germany's far-right AfD will present a policy paper on Wednesday proposing a smaller EU role and budget, without initially calling for Germany to leave the bloc or eurozone. The plan would replace direct European Parliament elections with national-parliament appointments, restrict the European Commission to administrative work and replace the European Court of Justice with an arbitration tribunal. If its reform demands are rejected, the party would seek a referendum on EU membership.

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