About 1, 500 members of the Alternative for Germany, established last month, cheered as party founder Bernd Lucke outlined its stance.

BBC: German anti-euro party holds founding conference

Even in Germany the new Alternative for Germany party, which is demanding repatriation of some legislative powers from Brussels, may spy an opportunity in the European elections.

BBC: Europe and the anti-establishment vote

In Germany the new and yet still small Alternative for Germany party not only claims that the euro is dividing Europe but wants some legislative powers repatriated from Brussels.

BBC: Europe's summer of argument

Alternative for Germany wants the euro abolished, with states returning to their original currencies.

BBC: German anti-euro party holds founding conference

Called Alternative for Germany, the main goal of the party founded by academics and economists is the "orderly dissolution" of the euro, said Frauke Petry, a business owner and party spokeswoman.

NPR: Anti-Euro Party A Wildcard In German Elections

The only alternative policy would be one of permanent partition and garrisoning of a defeated Germany, for which the democracies have neither the strength nor the moral mandate.

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