Germany's AfD's Election Surge Puts Its Pro-Bitcoin Agenda Back in Focus

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt state election, its strongest regional result. The win revives questions about what a bigger AfD footprint would mean for Bitcoin (BTC) policy in Europe's largest economy.

The party fell short of an outright majority in the 83-seat parliament, leaving coalition talks ahead. Nationally, the AfD leads opinion polls, keeping its pro-Bitcoin platform in view.

AfD's Bitcoin Platform

The AfD has positioned itself as Germany's most crypto-friendly major party. Its national platform calls for "extensive deregulation" of Bitcoin, wallets, and trading. The party argues regulators have been overly cautious, according to Reuters reporting on its platform documents.

In October 2025 AfD filed a Bundestag motion stating the government had failed to recognize Bitcoin strategically as an asset that could be held in currency reserves during monetary instability, and described it as a potential reserve asset.