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AfD Leader Weidel Urges Germany to Resume Russian Energy Imports
Alice Weidel, leader of Germany's AfD party, urged Berlin to resume purchases of Russian oil and gas. She said the cutoff had cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and left Germany paying higher prices to the United States.
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Alice Weidel, leader of Germany's AfD party, stated that Berlin should end its boycott of Russian oil and gas. Weidel said cheap energy from Russia had been the secret of the success of "Made in Germany" and that the country needed it back. She added that losing access to that energy had cost Germany hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Germany is now purchasing energy from the United States at higher prices, Weidel stated. State elections are scheduled in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in September. Weidel said that a win in Saxony-Anhalt would probably be followed by success in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
"I can see the AfD in the chancellery either by the next elections or the ones after," Weidel stated. She also said, "People describe us as far-right. " @MarioNawfal reported the statements.
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