Bundestag speeches and other statements of the Alternative für Deutschland translated into English. This blog is not affiliated with the AfD and translations of Bundestag speeches here presented are not authorized by the German Bundestag. – Todd Martin, Ottoville, Ohio, U.S.A.
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/159, pp. 20331-20332. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable Herr Chancellor. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. The omens under which you set out for this European Council are dark. The Ukraine war is already in a third year. Serious efforts to end the fateful bloodletting in the midst of Europe are not …
Continue reading “Alice Weidel, March 20, 2024, War and Peace”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/157, pp. 20089-20090. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Dear countrymen. A delivery of Taurus means the prolongation of the war. Yes, it harms perhaps Russia, yet the Ukraine as well, and primarily it endangers Germany. As the Alternative für Deutschland, we condemn the Russian attack on the Ukraine. …
Continue reading “Tino Chrupalla, March 14, 2024, Peace and Cruise Missiles”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/154, p. 19630. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. “War is a mere continuation of politics with other means” [„Der Krieg ist eine blosse fortsetzung der Politik mit anderen Mitteln“]. Everyone knows this sentence of Clausewitz. In traditional international law, a war therefore ends with a political result, a conclusion of peace. If …
Continue reading “Alexander Gauland, February 22, 2024, Russia, Munich and Realpolitik”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/150, pp. 19170-19171. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable colleagues. Dear spectators in the hall and on YouTube. And, of course, dear Frau Baerbock. One of my favorite headlines of last week was: “Russian Campaign Uncovered”. The Foreign Office shall have undertaken a data analysis which of course is totally trustworthy, yet …
Continue reading “Michael Espendiller, January 31, 2024, Foreign Office”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/143, pp. 18091-18093. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. It needs be well stated following the government declaration of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and after Herr Merz’s speech, that they have argued completely past the primary cares and problems of one’s own country. Frau Haßelmann, your speech was a pure …
Continue reading “Tino Chrupalla, December 13, 2023, Economy and War”
AfD Kompakt, September 12, 2023. The Federal government is not allowed to let itself be pushed again already into a delivery of additional weapons in the Ukraine war. Cruise missiles can contribute to escalation. With her demand for weapons with greater range, the Foreign Minister neglects the path to peace indicated by the G20 summit …
Continue reading “Tino Chrupalla, September 12, 2023, Ukraine and Cruise Missiles”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/115, pp. 14195-14196. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. The CDU delegation Johann David Wadephul (CDU/CSU): CDU/CSU! thus wants the upcoming NATO summit to lead to success. A laudable intention, if it would then serve the interests of Germany and the German citizens. The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany …
AfD Kompakt, June 28, 2023. The Ampel government here proclaims in passing a decision of strategic importance without parliamentary participation or putting forward a concrete plan for implementation. The stationing of a combat brigade on foreign ground would be a novelty in German post-war history. Never yet was a large unit of the Bundeswehr stationed …
Continue reading “Rüdiger Lucassen, June 28, 2023, Bundeswehr in Lithuania”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/92, pp. 11110-11111. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. The green Ampel coalition plans with this draft law a further attack on the state of law. Expropriations of businesses can now more arbitrarily proceed. The affected need no more be heard. The legal procedure is abbreviated. And even if …
Continue reading “Steffen Kotré, March 17, 2023, Energy and Expropriation”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/85, pp. 10104-10105. Frau President, Ladies and gentlemen. I do not imagine to be able to convince you with our motion [Drucksache 20/5551] of the necessity of a peace initiative. Ulrich Lechte (SPD): Nonsense! In that regard, you adhere much too much to a purely military thinking. Yet you will need …
Continue reading “Alexander Gauland, February 9, 2023, Peace in the Ukraine”
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