This war is not our case, 'said co -founder and honorary chairman of AFD Alexander Gauland during an election meeting in Neuenhagen near Berlin, commenting on the country's involvement in helping Ukraine. On Sunday, parliamentary elections will take place in Germany.
Gauland has had many controversial statements. In one of his statements, the leader of the extreme right, during a debate dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Nazi German assault on the Association of Soviet socialist republics Soviet troops “, which prevented the agreement Russia with the West.
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During the election meeting, Gauland told almost 400 people that this war is bad and unfair, but it is a war between Russia and Ukraineand not between Russia and Germany. “And this war is not our matter,” said the politician, quoted by DPA.
Cooperative AfD Tino Chrupalla also repeated this sentence – writes the agency. The chairman of the AfD Chrupalla said that Germany should no longer spend money on foreign wars.
Alexander GaulandHannes P Albert/PAP
Protests against the extreme right
The demonstrators protested against the AfD in front of the Culture Center in Neuenhagen on Wednesday evening, where the meeting took place. “Nazis away” shouted loudly – writes the DPA agency. The police appeared on the spot. However, this is not the first manifestation opposing the extreme right growing in Germany.
At the beginning of February, when the Christian Democrats (CDU) and AFD were voted together regarding the limitation of immigration – in many German cities there were protests against the extreme right and the CDU decision to cooperate with the party Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla on this bill. In Munich itself, the police informed about 250,000 demonstrators.
Protests in Munich against an alternative to Germany (AfD) and a joint vote of CDU/CSU from AFD in the BundestagReuters
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