The Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is eager for things to proceed quickly, now that Germany's governing coalition has collapsed.

"Chancellor Scholz has long lost the trust of the German people and he must clear the way for a new election immediately," Alice Weidel, co-chair of the far-right AfD, put it after the government collapsed on Wednesday.

The AfD wants Chancellor Olaf Scholz to face a vote of no confidence next week, rather than wait until January. "He owes it to this country to step down as soon as possible," Weidel added.

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The AfD has fiercely attacked the governing coalition of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the neoliberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) since it was first took power at the end of December 2021.

It has criticized the coalition for failing on all policy levels, calling for a radical change, especially in migration and foreign policy. Similar to US President-elect Donald Trump, the party has campaigned hard against irregular migration and open borders.

And it vehemently opposes all arms shipments to Ukraine. In June, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech in the German parliament, the AfD parliamentary group decided to showcase their contempt for the guest by........

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