The AfD and the BSW have submitted a motion in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt to immediately stop German arms deliveries and economic sanctions against Russia in order to put pressure on the federal government.
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Foreign policy in Germany is the responsibility of the federal government, not the state governments. The AfD and BSW are using their majority in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt to make symbolic political advances.
Immediately after the constitution of the new state parliament in Magdeburg, the AfD and the BSW submitted a motion to stop German arms deliveries to Ukraine.
The two parties demand that Germany immediately stop financial and military support for the country invaded by Russia. They also demanded that economic sanctions against Russia be stopped.
State governments are not responsible for Germany's foreign policy. However, the AfD and BSW had announced that they wanted to use their new majority in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt to put pressure on the federal government.
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