# AfD to withdraw Germany from eurozone, Schengen Agreement if it comes to power — leader

https://mins.news/en/item/29956

- TASS, 2026-08-23 17:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2176699

> AfD co-chair Alice Weidel reiterated that her party would take Germany out of the eurozone and the Schengen Agreement if it formed a government. She said Germany was better off before the euro and blamed the weak currency for losses among ordinary citizens. Weidel also pledged to close the border, return Syrians to their homeland and stop bringing Afghans to Germany by plane.