
AfD co-chair announced lack of money in Germany amid aid to Kyiv
Co-chair of the Alternative for Germany party Alice Weidel criticized the promises of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to allocate new billions of euros to Ukraine, pointing to a lack of funds within Germany itself.
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Germany has previously allocated significant funds to support Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz promised Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky new billions of euros, while Germany lacks money “for literally everything.” This was stated by the co-chair of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel, Clash Report reports.
According to the politician, Merz held a press conference in Kyiv immediately after arriving there by train and promised Zelensky “new billions” from German taxpayers’ funds.
“Germany has already invested 100 billion euros in Ukraine - and there’s no other way to call it. We still have not received any report on how these billions of aid were used, and now we are promised even more funds, while in our own country there is literally not enough money for everything,” she said.

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