After the joint abstention of the CDU, FDP and AfD factions, co-party chief Tino Chrupalla is also open to a joint coalition. “We stand ready for all parties that mean well for Germany” Chrupalla said to the RTL and ntv program “Frühstart”. “That has always been our position. Just as we do with legislative proposals.”
However, he made this dependent on whether a potential coalition is led by Friedrich Merz. “Under a Chancellor Merz, who insults the AfD as riff-raff, it will be difficult to maintain cooperation” Chrupalla said.
Friedrich Merz is a politician of the past. “He is the Joe Biden of Germany. I do not believe that a Mr. Merz will be making big politics in this federal republic for much longer” said the AfD party chairman.