Germany's AfD Calls for End to Support for Ukraine
The non-binding measure passed with 44 votes from AfD and BSW lawmakers and calls for an end to military aid and sanctions.
- On Wednesday, the Alternative and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance passed a motion in Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament demanding an end to Berlin's military and financial support for Ukraine.
- Both the AfD and the BSW have been heavily critical of Germany's support for Kyiv, arguing it prolongs the war while resources should be spent domestically, party founder Sahra Wagenknecht said.
- Gaining 44 votes in the 83-seat state assembly, the motion faced opposition from the CDU, SPD, Greens, and Left Party, remaining non-binding since state parliaments lack foreign policy authority.
- Saxony-Anhalt Premier Sven Schulze of the CDU dismissed the vote as a political stunt, calling it a "gift" for the BSW, while Kyiv's envoy to Berlin, Oleksii Makeiev, condemned the motion as the "peak of absurdity."
- The vote occurred as the trial of a Ukrainian former military officer for the Nord Stream pipeline explosion began in Hamburg, following Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's warning that accusations regarding a drone incident at Leipzig and Halle Airport signaled a "real war.
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Alternative for Germany and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance make clamps to push forward a motion on Ukraine. The CDU asks its people not to attend the vote of the head of government to avoid escapees Read
Germany's far-right party, "Alternative for Germany" (AfD), and the small left-wing party BSW joined forces on Wednesday to adopt a symbolic motion in the parliament of the Saxony-Anhalt Land calling for the cessation of military support from Berlin Ukraine. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's federal government is the largest European aid provider ...
Pro-Russian Factions Unite in German State Assembly to Challenge Defense Backing for Kyiv
Lawmakers in the regional parliament of Saxony-Anhalt passed a joint motion brought forward by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) calling for an immediate halt to all military and financial support sent to Kyiv, as reported by Deutsche Welle.
Germany's far-right party, "Alternative for Germany" (AfD), and the small left-wing party BSW joined forces on Wednesday to adopt a symbolic motion in the parliament of the Saxony-Anhalt Land calling for the cessation of military support from Berlin Ukraine, reports Reuters.
The regional government of Saxony-Anhalt has not yet been formed and may not be able to do so, but the radical right of Alternative for Germany (AfD), which won the regional elections last September, has carried out a first demonstration of strength. In a rowdy and noisy session, with the support of the radical left of BSW, an equally pro-Russian party, has approved a motion calling for the withdrawal of European sanctions on Russia and the end …
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