Rüdiger Lucassen, February 27, 2022, Bundeswehr and Russia

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/19, pp. 1378-1379. Herr President. Right honorable colleagues. The atomic power Russia has attacked the Ukraine. Putin’s military victory is very probable – at an enormously high price. What then comes? A country twice as large as Germany in guerrilla war, repressions, terror, long-term destabilization on the EU’s eastern border – dramatic …

Tino Chrupalla, February 27, 2022, Germany and Russia

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/19, pp. 1369-1370. Right honorable Herr President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Dear countrymen. Let me for a beginning make a statement to the effect of agreeing with all previous speakers: Russia has attacked Ukraine and we again have war in Europe. This most deeply dismays me as a politician, as a …

Alice Weidel, February 27, 2022, Realpolitik

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/19, 1360-1361. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Russia’s aggressive war in a neighboring country is a recall to the raw world of Realpolitik. The Ukrainian people pay the price for the Russian rupture of international law, for the illusion of its own leadership and for the false promises …

Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, February 24, 2022, Russia and Ukraine

AfD Kompakt, February 24, 2022. Russia’s attack on the Ukraine is by no means to be justified. Russia must immediately cease combat operations and withdraw its troops from the Ukraine. The solution of inter-state conflicts can only ensue at the negotiations table. In the talks, credible offers by the Russian partners will need be made …

Eugen Schmidt, February 17, 2022, Russia

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/17, pp. 1126-1127. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Frau president. Chotjat li russkie wojnyj? – Do the Russians want war? These are the words of a well-known Russian song. The answer is simple: Clearly not. Exactly as little as we want a war in Europe. And what does the Union want? In …

Alexander Gauland, February 17, 2022, Russia and Ukraine

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/17, p. 1120. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. Let us for once imagine we are writing of the year 2040, and Canada for economic reasons had completed an approach to China and was prepared to conclude a military convention and place at the disposal of the Chinese fleet a base in Newfoundland. …

Tino Chrupalla, February 2, 2022, Ukraine and U.S. Troops

AfD Kompakt, February 2, 2022 The dispatch of additional American troop contingents to Poland and Roumania intensifies the strained situation in eastern Europe. I demand moderation of all participants and plead for a pursuit of talks on a peaceful solution of the Ukraine crisis. In keeping with our program, I demand the immediate withdrawal of …

Stefan Keuter, January 27, 2022, Ukraine

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll, 20/14, p. 885. Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Let us together take a time trip to the year 1962: At that time, the American President Kennedy threatened the Soviet Union with a third world war should it station atomic weapons in Cuba – practically at the front door of the …

Rüdiger Lucassen, December 16, 2021, Ukraine and INF Treaty

AfD Kompakt, December 16, 2021. The Russian-American conflict over the future of the Ukraine threatens the security of Europe and of Germany. The heads of government of all interested states should not repeat the failures of the Cold War. The Federal government needs to credibly commit itself to the position for an up-to-date arms control …

Alexander Gauland, December 9, 2021, Russia and the Ukraine

German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/6, pp. 270-271. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. First I want to reprove that, as matters stand, the Foreign Minister is not at the first foreign policy debate.             Filiz Polat (Greens): One moment! We have heard no apology.             Filiz Polat (Greens): She is in Paris! Where is the Foreign Minister? …