AfD wants to end German boycott on Russian energy, says failed Ukraine invasion shows Kremlin is no threat
“The loss of this energy has set us back years. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost. It has made us dependent on the United States, which sells us energy at far higher prices.”Advertisement AfD party leader Alice Wridel speaks during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, early Saturday, Nov.
- ▪“The loss of this energy has set us back years.
- ▪Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost.
- ▪It has made us dependent on the United States, which sells us energy at far higher prices.”Advertisement AfD party leader Alice Wridel speaks during the re-founding of the AfD youth organization in Giessen, Germany, early Saturday, Nov.
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The Alternative for Deutschland, the rising right-wing party of Germany, is pitching an end to boycotts on Russian energy as its leader lays out her road map to leading the national government.AfD leader Alice Weidel said in an interview Tuesday that she is highly optimistic about upcoming state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, predicting her party to be “in the chancellery either by the next elections or the ones after.” And with this high-office aspiration in mind, she is making a pitch for economic relief.
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