Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees Sahra Wagenknecht's alliance as a security risk for Germany. The fact that BSW scored points in recent state elections with populist peace slogans shows “how sophisticated Russian propaganda is,” the Green Party politician told “Stern.”
Further said Green Party-Politician: “If parties that are closer to autocratic thinking than the German Basic Law also win, then it risks the security of our country.”
Baerbock sharply attacked BSW and appealed to Putin
“The bland slogan that the war will end without military aid to Ukraine” is “both naive and wrong,” Baerbock criticized: “If Ukraine stops defending itself, then Ukraine is at the end and Putin's army is on the Polish border. . If Putin stops attacking, then the war will end.”
Baerbock called on the Russian President to return to the negotiating table. “It is not our fault or even Ukraine's fault that there are no peace talks,” the minister said: “The whole world will breathe a sigh of relief if Putin finally stops bombing and is willing to sit down at the negotiating table. The invitation is ready.”
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also recently asked Putin to take part in peace negotiations.