Fischer warns CDU against AfD cooperation, fears party's destruction

Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has issued a stark warning to the CDU party, urging them to avoid any form of cooperation or coalition with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Fischer believes that any such alliance would be detrimental to the CDU, leading to internal division and its eventual demise.

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There is, beneath the surface, a debate in the CDU about whether it can cooperate, even form a coalition, with the AfD.

"There is, beneath the surface, a debate in the CDU about whether it can cooperate, even form a coalition, with the AfD," Fischer told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. He asserted that "such cooperation would not survive the CDU. It would split it." The former Green Party politician emphasized that the end of the CDU would significantly destabilize Germany.

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Such cooperation would not survive the CDU. It would split it.

Fischer expressed deep concern about the prospect of the AfD, which he described as partly right-wing extremist, gaining governmental responsibility. He characterized such a scenario as "a severe blow to German democracy." Furthermore, he warned that Germany's international trust would "collapse" if the AfD were to govern.

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A severe blow to German democracy.

Looking at the broader European context, Fischer stated that Europe has no future if nationalists come to power in its major countries. He found the idea of a potential AfD-led government in Saxony-Anhalt "frightening."

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Germany's international trust would collapse.