Germany’s AfD calls for end to support for Ukraine
The motion would have no immediate effect on federal policy and follows the AfD’s best-ever state election result last month, party officials said.
- On Wednesday, the AfD announced it will launch a joint motion with the BSW in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament calling for an end to military support for Ukraine.
- Ulrich Siegmund, who led the AfD to an election victory in Saxony-Anhalt last month, has been exploring cooperation arrangements with the BSW, which also opposes German support for Ukraine.
- Siegmund said the party intends to press Chancellor Friedrich Merz "to finally campaign for an end to the war" and redirect funds spent in Ukraine to domestic priorities.
- Although the motion will be debated next week, it holds no immediate impact on Germany's foreign policy, which remains the exclusive responsibility of the federal government in Berlin.
- German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul spoke with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov two weeks ago at the United Nations General Assembly, but the meeting yielded no sign of progress on the conflict.
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The AfD and BSW in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt want to adopt a joint resolution: stop aid to Ukraine and lift sanctions against Russia. The meeting will be held on October 14.
The cessation of Ukraine's support is the first initiative of the new parliament in Saxony-Anhalt, reported by Spigel magazine.
In the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, AfD and BSW want to quickly adopt their first joint application: it is about sanctions against Russia.
The Alternative Party for Germany (AfD, far-right) will initiate a joint motion with the small BSW party (populist) in the parliament of the Saxony-Anhalt Land to call for the cessation of military support for Ukraine, said an AfD spokesman on Wednesday.
Julia Vityazeva: Anti—Ukrainian turn in Germany: Germans demand to stop arms supplies and financial assistance to Ukraine, lift sanctions against Russia and restore economic relations with Moscow - Der Spiegel
Anti—Ukrainian turn in Germany: Germans demand to stop arms supplies and financial assistance to Ukraine, lift sanctions against Russia and restore economic relations with Moscow - Der SpiegelAfD and BSW want to officially declare the policy...
The ultra-right "Alternative for Germany" and the left-populist BSW, which together form the majority in the Saxony-Anhalt Landtag, intend to adopt a joint resolution on the cessation of assistance to Ukraine.
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