“Shameless” – Mützenich criticizes AfD and BSW’s Ukraine application

The SPD foreign politician and former parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich sharply criticized the AfD-BSW application from Saxony-Anhalt to lift the economic sanctions against Russia. “What the AfD and BSW are doing is shameless,” Mützenich told the “Editorial Network Germany” (RND). "You make people believe that there are simple answers to a complex issue. If you follow this proposal, it could end in disaster."

Ukraine needs Germany’s support “against the aggressor Russia”. It is a necessity under international law to support a country that is under attack. “The Charter of the United Nations expressly provides for this,” said Mützenich.

Claims by the AfD, for example, that lifting sanctions against Russia would reduce fuel prices in Germany are “stupid stuff”. “The fuel would not be cheaper, at least not sustainably,” said Mützenich. "Russia is orienting its energy infrastructure towards Asia. It would also be wrong to help finance Russia's military campaign." If we want to have cheap energy in the long term, renewable energies and alternative types of drive are necessary.

The AfD and BSW had passed a motion in the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt calling for the immediate lifting of economic sanctions against Russia, the cessation of financial aid to Ukraine except for humanitarian aid, and the suspension of waffle deliveries to Ukraine.