AfD will demand that Berlin restore relations with Russia
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Co-chairman of the Alternative for Germany party Tino Chrupalla announced the party's intention to seek restoration of relations with Russia and the lifting of sanctions policies through pressure in the Bundesrat after success in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
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The Alternative for Germany party won the elections to the Landtag of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Having won the elections to the Landtag (local parliament) of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will demand that Berlin restore relations with Russia. This was stated by AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla, TASS reports.
“We want to have good relations with Russia again,” he said.
Khrupalla stressed that the German leadership must abandon the previous sanctions policy towards Moscow. According to him, for this purpose, the AfD intends to put pressure on Berlin in the Bundesrat (the body representing the federal states of Germany).
Open Questions
- By what methods does the AfD plan to apply pressure in the Bundesrat?
