Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) - new anti-Euro, anti-bailout party founded in Germany

Alternative für Deutschland: A German Eurosceptic movement? (DBresearch,Mar 4th 2013,via @Alea_)
Attack on united Euro front (wiwo.de , Apr 14th 2013,via @Schuldensuehner) #
German anti-euro party holds founding conference (BBC, Apr 14th 2013)
Tories build secret alliance with new Eurosceptic party in Germany (Telegraph, Apr 14 2013,@AnneLaumen)

[updates]
1,000 Germans abandon Angel Merkel for Eurosceptic party (Telegraph, Apr 14th 2013)
Analysis: Don't underestimate Germany's new anti-euro party (Reuters, Apr 14th 2013,@noahbarkin)
More than Euro criticism (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Apr 15th 2013)#

Coalition parties (& Labor) attack anti-Euro party (Spiegel, Apr 15th 2013)#
Wolfgang Münchau:Why the anti-Euro party endangers Merkel's election victory (Spiegel, Apr 17th 2013)#
Schäuble fears (CDU+FDP) votes could go to AfD (Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Apr 20th 2013)#
Achtung, Ms Merkel. Euro rebels could enter parliament (Focus, Apr 20th 2013)#
Anti-Euro party AfD - First ignored now combatted (format.at, Apr 21st 2013, via @reuters_de)#
New German anti-euro party could enter parliament, poll suggests (Reuters, Apr 22 2013)
Anti-Euro party at 2% (survey) (sueddeutsche.de, Apr 24th 2013) #
Hans-Werner Sinn distances himself from anti-Euro party (FAZ, Apr 27th 2013)#
FDP (Liberals) MP in Hessen (state parliament) defects to AfD (Die Welt, May 5th 2013)
Parties of the establishment lose almost 2800 members to AfD (finanznachrichten.de, May 5th 2013)
Growing nervousness within the Conservatives (Rheinische Post, May 13th 2013)
Professor Starbatty joins the party (AfD) (AFP de, May 23rd 2013)
Five top economists against AfD (FAZ, Jun 1st 2013)
Lucke: "I deem a 2 figure (% election) result possible"(interview, stern.de, Jul 17th 2013) 
Elections: Starbatty warns of an European catastrophe (interview, Die Welt, Aug 19th) 

Video: Discussion with Dietmar Bartsch (Left party) and Bernd Lucke (AfD)
Für wen retten wir den Euro? UNTER DEN LINDEN am 22.04.2013
(youtube.com , video (c) by Phoenix-TV, 44 minutes,Apr 22nd 2013)
(published 4/23/13, 5/6/13: 6625 views )
Frauke Petry bei Peter Hahne - Euro oder D-Mark - Brauchen wir die AfD? 

(Discussion with Volker Wissing (FDP - Liberals), Frauke Petry (AfD) and Peter Hahne (ZDF-TV)
(youtube, video, (c) by ZDF TV, Apr 21st 2013)
Hart aber fair "Den Euro einfach abwählen - entscheidet die D-Mark-Partei die Wahl?" (ARD-TV)
(Discussion: C Lindner (FDP), K Göring-Eckard (Greens), W Bosbach (CDU), B Lucke (AfD), M Friedman (lawyer)) 
(youtube, video, (c) by ARD, May 7th 2013) 
Interview mit Bernd Lucke AfD - Alternative für Deutschland (Phoenix-TV)
(Interview, Youtube, video, 35 minutes, (c) by Phoenix-TV, May 18th 2013)
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Hans-Olaf Henkel (Wiki) #
Bernd Lucke (Wiki) #


Hans-Olaf Henkel article(s) in The Guardian
Europe’s Procrustean Nightmare (H-O Henkel, Project Syndicate, Apr 5th 2013)

Bernd Lucke interview: 'Why Germany has had enough of the euro' (Telegraph, Apr 7th 2013)
Bernd Lucke article(s) - Voxeu.org



please note: since this party is officially starting today and already opinion polls suggest a large potential  for getting votes so far 'reserved' for other parties, there will be some more updates until German election day (September 22nd 2013) 
Meanwhile those who are interested can follow those two Twitter handles for constant updates of their party ("Alternative für Deutschland", #AfD) (presumably in German)

Follow @Wahlalternativ1 Follow @BerndLucke


# = German language

note2: Since this blog entry describes a newly established political party, it's perhaps necessary to reiterate  that the author of this article isn't affiliated with any party. His own opinion is exclusively expressed in the opinion section of this blog !  => German elections 1: new anti-Euro party - Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD)

Laiki bank and Bank of Cyprus - what went wrong ?

All blog entries re Cyprus

Insight: Why did Cypriot banks keep buying Greek bonds? (Reuters, Apr 30th 2013)

Cyprus, where the vicious circle stopped (FTAlphaville, Apr 5th 2013)

‘No good reason for BoC’s high number of Greek bonds’ (Cyprus Mail, Apr 5th 2013)

‘Mass deletion of data’ on former BoC execs’ computers (Cyprus Mail, Apr 5th 2013)

NEW: Leaked reports on why Cypriot banks sought state help (Cyprus Mail, Apr 4th 2013)

Former BoC boss slams Christofias government (Cyprus Mail, Apr 3rd 2013)

Insight: Inside Laiki - Countdown to catastrophe (Reuters, Apr 2nd 2013)


Former Laiki boss demands publication of bank probes (Cyprus Mail,Apr 2nd 2013)


Vgenopoulos summoned to Cypriot court (Cyprus Mail, Mar 30th 2013)


Laiki Bank is only a symptom. The problem is elsewhere! (Klaus Kastner, Mar 29th 2013)


Wie sich Zyperns Banken in den Ruin spekulierten (WSJ_DE, Mar 28th 2013)(German)

Investigators will ‘leave no stone unturned’ (Cyprus Mail, Mar 27th 2013)

Special Report: How a Greek bank infected Cyprus (Reuters, Jun 13th 2012)


note: as usual some more links will be added as soon as they get available

Cyprus - bail-in warnings before Eurogroup meeting & rescue delays from Berlin

German/English language:

Shiarly: haircut was never on the table (Cyprus Mail, May 3rd 2013)

Streit um Finanzhilfen: Zypern drängelt, Merkel bremst (Der Spiegel, Mar 15th 2013)

Rehn warns against Cyprus' eurozone exit (Euractiv, Mar 4th 2013)

Schäuble gibt bei Zypern-Hilfe nach (Sueddeutsche, Feb 25th 2013)

Schäuble verunsichert mit gewagter Taktik (Sueddeutsche, Feb 25th 2013)


GELDWÄSCHE-VORWÜRFE: Zypern muss Kontolleure ins Land lassen
(Manager Magazin, Feb 12th 2013) 

Eurogroup ministers raise the stakes for Cyprus (DW, Feb 10th 2013)


The most obvious warning, yet .. including the knowledge of those who later imposed this option on Cyprus ...of the enormous risks: 
(Thanks, @euronomist_blog, link added May 4th)
Radical rescue proposed for Cyprus 
(Peter Spiegel & Quentin Peel, FT (paywall!), Feb 10th 2013)

Mario Draghi confronts Berlin over contagion from Cyprus default (Telegraph, Jan 29th 2013)

ECB's Draghi, German FinMin at odds over Cyprus-Spiegel (Reuters, Jan 27th 2013)


German Finance Minister Schaeuble says the Troika worry about drastic developments in Cyprus
(Jan 22nd 2013)

>>Cypriot banking sector  is ‘noticeably oversized’<<

         German FinMin Schaeuble: Not Ready To Decide Over Aid For Cyprus (Jan 21st 2013)


Schäuble setzt Zypern die Pistole auf die Brust (Focus, Jan 21st 2013)

Russia-Cyprus Money Flows Imply Laundering, Schaeuble Says (Bloomberg, Jan 21st 2013)

Russia Must Be Part of Cyprus Bailout, Schaeuble Tells Lawmakers (Bloomberg, Jan 15th 2013)

WOLFGANG SCHÄUBLE ÜBER DIE EUROKRISE: „Wir haben das Schlimmste hinter uns“ (Bild, Dec 27th 2012)

Schaeuble’s Comments on Cyprus Were Misinterpreted, Shiarly Says (Bloomberg, Nov 1st 2012)

German minister drops Cyprus bombshell (Cyprus Mail, Nov 1st 2012)

Schaeuble says "considerable progress" on Greece (Reuters, Oct 31st 2012)

Germany’s Schaeuble Cautions Spain Against Aid Bid (Bloomberg, Sep 13th 2012)


                           June 27th 2012:

>>The Eurogroup welcomes the request of the Cypriot authorities for financial assistance

from euro area Member States in view of the challenges that Cyprus is facing, in

particular due to distress in the banking sector and the presence of macroeconomic

imbalances. The Eurogroup acknowledges that an adjustment programme seems

warranted at this stage and considers responding favorably to it. The Eurogroup also

welcomes the request of Cyprus for financial assistance from the IMF, which in turn

would be considered in line with its internal procedures. Ministers invite the

Commission, in liaison with the ECB, and the Cypriot authorities and the IMF to agree

on a programme, including the financing needs, and take appropriate action to

safeguard financial stability, in light of the current very challenging external

environment and spill-over effects from sovereign market turbulence.

Based on a needs assessment, the euro area financial support would be provided in the

framework of a comprehensive adjustment programme, building on the measures

already taken by the Cypriot authorities and the recommendations put forward by the

European Commission on 30 May under the European Semester. The programme will

be negotiated by the Commission, in liaison with the ECB, with the Cypriot authorities

and the IMF. After an agreement has been reached with the Cypriot authorities, the

programme would be endorsed by the Eurogroup, in line with national procedures, on

the basis of an assessment by the Commission, in liaison with the ECB, and the IMF,

of the financing needs and the conditionality that shall accompany the assistance.

The Eurogroup is confident that the implementation of this programme would address

the financial, fiscal and structural challenges of the economy in a decisive manner and

should allow Cyprus to return to a sustainable growth path.

The programme will be based on:

- Ambitious measures to ensure the stability of the financial sector by addressing

 expected capital shortfalls and preserving the soundness of financial institutions,

including restructuring and downsizing where needed.

- Determined action to carry out the fiscal adjustment to support the ongoing process

 of fiscal consolidation.

- Structural reforms to support competitiveness and sustainable and balanced growth,

 allowing for the unwinding of macroeconomic imbalances.

The financial assistance package shall be provided by the EFSF or the ESM on the

basis of its financing instruments. The Eurogroup looks forward to a swift response

from the IMF to the Cypriot request after having completed its required internal

procedures. <<

           source: Statement by the Eurogroup  

         (pdf, 1 page, europa.eu, Jun 27th 2012 )(via @ALeipold)

All blog entries re Cyprus