AfD Bitcoin Policy Shapes Germany's Crypto Future

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany just delivered its best regional result ever, and the win is dragging a familiar question back into the spotlight: what would a stronger AfD mean for AfD Bitcoin policy and crypto regulation in Europe’s largest economy? The party took 43.8% of the vote in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, and the result has reopened debate over Bitcoin taxation, MiCA rules, and the digital euro just as Berlin prepares new crypto tax legislation for 2027.

Key takeaways

• AfD won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, securing 39 of the state parliament’s 83 seats — three short of an outright majority.
• The party’s national platform calls for “extensive deregulation” of Bitcoin, wallets, and trading, and it wants Bitcoin excluded from the EU’s MiCA framework entirely.
• An October 2025 Bundestag motion urged the government to preserve Germany’s 12-month tax-free holding period for privately owned Bitcoin.
• AfD opposes the European Central Bank’s digital euro and wants physical cash protected as a constitutional right.
• Mainstream parties, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU, continue to refuse any national coalition with the AfD, limiting how far its Bitcoin agenda can actually travel.