Behind German far-right party AfD's 'no to Ukraine' in the EU

A leading figure of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party told DW News that Ukraine should not join the European Union. Beatrix von Storch also called for a halt to German weapon deliveries to Kyiv, an end to the fighting in Ukraine and the start of negotiations with Russia to cease hostilities.
The AfD deputy parliamentary group leader also shared her views on transgender rights, the results of the recent EU parliamentary elections and the upcoming regional elections in eastern Germany, where the AfD is projected to gain ground.
DW’s Chief Political Editor Michaela Küfner spoke to von Storch at an AfD party convention in the German town of Essen.
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[@steveborgmalta]

Did she just say all wars ended by peace talk?

[@rizzy420_]

H1tler left the chat...

[@willc1294]

Disciple of Honecker

[@derbaeumaed8158]

All wars which don't entail destroying an entire continent for the benefit of a few investment funds.

[@ShakibAhmedMagurmach]

I knew the German education system has been in troubled waters, but didn't know the ignorance ran so far...

[@eneto7785]

Wars ended by peace talks (Korea, Vietnan, russo-japanese,...) or surrender by one side (WWI, French-Prussian, WWII...). The situation in Ukraine ends: 1) Russian surrender - low possibility in near future; 2) Putin death - low possibility in near future; peace talks - some chance in near future.

[@Menelvagorothar]

Russian proxies.

[@mscchill4527]

@@Menelvagorothar yes, smart

[@bayafrica5909]

Those AfD goal of isolating Ukraine would further encourage the Russian annexations & it's gas exploitation-manipulation including in Germany. This is a shot in their own foot & some ppl are just so slow on perception.

[@DenisGobbi]

Someone voted this crazy woman in germany? this is sad

[@Rsktuxlpaskl]

She is not alone,I don't like AFD

[@hamish1309]

Most people. It's called democracy.

[@centura86]

@@hamish1309 no sorry no democracy for those who want to destroy democracy better yet no to those who want to take us back in time instead of going forward to progress

[@themeanmachine84]

@@centura86 yeah, you'd love communism, right? like the one stalin wanted? Well stalin wasn't kind to his opponents too.

[@hamish1309]

@centura86 that's not your decision, that's a decision for the majority of German people.

[@viktork.9847]

so she's telling that ww2 ended with peace talks?

[@dennykeaton9701]

???

[@MrCleitus]

It did end with talks and an agreement.

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

@@MrCleitus It ended with "talks" in Neuenbourg of who was to be executed and who was to be sentenced to an eternity in prison, as well as establishing a new German government after a complete surrender following the total destruction of the German forces.

[@adnanbadshah3425]

so you're saying that no war in history ended with peace talks?

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@@MrCleitus These "talks and agreements" didn't happen until one side was miserably destroyed, don't be daft on purpose.

[@tomreit]

"We do not judge about the system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for example, we do not judge about *other* illegitimate governments..." Boy, that was quick.

[@karimjr28]

She's probably talking about Israel.

[@RudolphoAqui]

Putin’s sister has a German accent

[@Rsktuxlpaskl]

Hey don't be like that man she has the right to a opinion,I don't like AFD

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

she looks like Lyudmila Putina

[@Sorinoir]

​@@Rsktuxlpasklright to a opinion doesn't equal rights to spread misinformation and cause division.

[@diegoflores9237]

@@Sorinoir and who's the arbiter of what is misinformation? You and your side?

[@diegoflores9237]

@user-lu9gv2hi8n you're confused. You believe the west is democratic and free. The sooner you realize it's none of those things the sooner you understand the situation

[@callmearmstrong]

I can't get thru 2 minutes...that lady is ridiculous

[@marcanthony8873]

“How would you bring Russia to the negotiating table with no preconditions?” - “I would stop sending Ukraine weapons.” An actual exchange. So she expects Russia to come to the peace table sooner by making UKRAINE weaker??????????

[@elbibwen3019]

you will learn to listen Russia, and you will learn well you might start from listening Vladimir Putin's address at Munich Security Conference in 2oo7, and when you finish that I'll point you to hundreds more lesson to learn about that conflict in Ukraine now - so, go to work instead of screaming some uneducated rubbish around the internet

[@ricardo_Abonado]

Ukraine should join eu Pootin is a bully needs to learn there is a bigger boy in the kindergarten...

[@mirodrzik6192]

Warum kämpft der Westen auf ukrainischem Territorium? Der „goldene“ Westen setzt weiterhin seine ausbeuterische Haltung gegenüber anderen Nationen oder Territorien fort. Dann gibt es einen klaren Grund für die Hysterie der westlichen Länder, angeführt von den Banditen USA, gegen die Russische Föderation. Die Russen haben zwei Möglichkeiten. Lassen Sie sich von Geschäftsleuten aus dem Westen erobern und ausrauben oder schützen Sie Ihre Souveränität und Ihren natürlichen Reichtum vor dem gierigen Mund westlicher „Geschäfts“-Unternehmen.

[@muchachopicaron]

@@elbibwen3019since when Putin has the authority to dictate conditions to independent countries? Who gave him the authority?

[@fokerfakerfuker]

​@@muchachopicaronhe doesn't but the NATO did have a pact with russian that NATO.will not shift east ward. What is your view on that?

[@vovv3521]

Money from ruzzia works well for AFD.

[@michaelmichelsson]

in Germany, in some party seem to miss the days of the GDR and when the instructions came from Moscow

[@augis888]

facts. sad because I agree with them on some issues...but their attitude about russia ruins everything....

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

@@augis888 What is there to agree with? Everything she says is either disagreeable or a lie.

[@miloszaric1392]

So it's ok to have relationship with Iran, Venezuela...

[@augis888]

@@miloszaric1392 I dont agree with their foreign policy at all.

[@AnalzeThis]

lol 😂but now Germany gets all the instructions from Washington Germany Literally moved from partly being a satellite state of USSR to being a full blown satellite state of the Usa 😂

[@Vmurmur]

She wants good relations with Ruzzia. What can go wrong...

[@juniormolefe3046]

Zelensky is a proxy and scammer 😂

[@Jbarazi1]

I don't think that people who vote for someone like this are aware of what they are voting for.

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

Time to learn Mandarin 🎉🎉🎉

[@mrraam2151]

You are the one who is misinformed 🫤

[@puhelimentili805]

Yeah yeah, you are the only one capable of understanding the complexities of current gepolitical affairs. 😂😂

[@cerealgriller2941]

I know plenty of them...they are aware of exact nothing.

[@puhelimentili805]

@@cerealgriller2941 and you and the likes of you are so superior that you voted for the SPD? Your understanding of current affairs must be so deep 😂😂

[@benyajang]

She was telling , give up . Give your country to Russia .

[@linguist8623]

Did you ask her or assume? She didn't say such at all. Why do you lie?

[@considerthis9007]

@@linguist8623 She implied it clear as day. You don't have to be particularly smart to figure out that 1+1=2. Do you wait for someone to say "2" before you accept the answer is "2"? Its called critical reasoning and something that even Kindergarten children can do . It was clear that AfD would hand Ukraine to Russia when she said she would not deliver any weapons to Ukraine. What do you think would happen to Ukraine with no weapons? What kind of peace could they secure at the negotiating table with no weapons? Have you heard of "unconditional surrender"? This is that would happen to Ukraine without Western support.

[@linguist8623]

@@considerthis9007 You claim she "implied". Did you ask her? You're name-calling isntead of addressing the situation. That's nothing. Grow up. You can't speak for her nor what she implies withiut asking. What is more, you claim AfD "would hand Ukraine to Russia" is you speculating. Did you ask the top leadership of the AfD? Do you understand/speak German at all? You speculate a lot and didn't connect dots at all. As someone (myself) that has been to numerous gov't events, webinars, and policy briefs, I can see you make up conjecture and what ifs instead of having a logical discussion. Even top figures at the UN, NATO, and so forth, agree peace dialogue is important, as are implementation. Stop with your conjecture. Your insults are childish as is your statements of conjecture. Grow up. I'm not interested in your type of "conversation", especially when you resort almost immediately to name-calling and what-ifs, fear-mongering. Goodbye.

[@wadslong]

And the other lady is saying fight on until Ukraine is empty

[@linguist8623]

@@wadslong Wrong. Wow. It's amazing how many people assume instead of asking. How dumb society is becoming.

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

I like it when journalists are more knowledgeable than some politicians.

[@benyajang]

Eu gonna be more trouble . If Urkraine loose.

[@mscchill4527]

Why?

[@johnbopape2691]

is already lost

[@lucasjames7524]

So just capitulate to Russia, in other words? I wonder how she would feel if Stalin had gotten all of Germany under the Communist Bloc and if the Iron Curtain had never fallen? Some things are worth fighting for, especially when that "thing" is all of Western Civilization.

[@DublinCityHeart]

Western Civilisation isnt very civilised.

[@melaninbotswana2474]

Don't place and surround Russia then you wouldn't have war it seems nato and America Don't understand that no one is winning this American European proxy war the rest of the world understands only but Europe and America

[@bgdabg6769]

Western "civilization" is the worst thing for mankind. Why would she care, she is not Russian or Ukrainian, right? Why would she even think about who will do what in war that have nothing to do with her? East Germany is their biggest stronghold. That is reply to your question about what if whole Germany was under Russia. It would be peace and better understanding. Don't project things. If you're Ukrainian rest of us in Europe are not. We are not in war. We don't want to be in war. We don't want to pay your price...we don't care if you will capitulate...or not. Leave others alone

[@mirodrzik6192]

Warum kämpft der Westen auf ukrainischem Territorium? Der „goldene“ Westen setzt weiterhin seine ausbeuterische Haltung gegenüber anderen Nationen oder Territorien fort. Dann gibt es einen klaren Grund für die Hysterie der westlichen Länder, angeführt von den Banditen USA, gegen die Russische Föderation. Die Russen haben zwei Möglichkeiten. Lassen Sie sich von Geschäftsleuten aus dem Westen erobern und ausrauben oder schützen Sie Ihre Souveränität und Ihren natürlichen Reichtum vor dem gierigen Mund westlicher „Geschäfts“-Unternehmen.

[@johnnewman1483]

Yes... since you will capitulate after all 😂

[@shubashuba9209]

I miss when conservatives were against Russia.

[@marcanthony8873]

It’s crazy to me they are being like this right now. To what end??

[@AusDemSchneider]

The conservatives are, the Putin funded extreme right is not

[@felipe-vibor]

Why should the mantra be against Russia? That's the vendetta that leads to wars in the first place.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

They were against Russia when it was communist. For the sole reason of it being a communist country. Now their main target is China. You guessed it why... Cause of the communism. They destroyed USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia. Now western conservatives love and respect imperialist, capitalist Russia. But booooy do they hate China, more than ever!

[@aaron.aaron.v.b.9448]

"Conservatives"? Reactionaries! Before the Soviet revolution they were in love with the Tzar.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

7:44 Making peace makes sense when the situation is fairly equal for both parties or absolutely hopeless for one. As Russian has gained 20% of Ukraine's territory and Ukraine has gained nothing, but still has hope, the idea of peace is nonsense.

[@danielattah1836]

The basis for their hope are the promises of allies. This is not sustainable and they should either know it or be forced by those allies to know it.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@danielattah1836 I assume you mean that if North Korea and Iran stopped supplying Russia, they would have to leave Ukraine and sue for peace.

[@SuperEyesandEars]

I agree wth you... rusia gain 20% of ukraine while rusia itself is the biggest land country on earth.. and still wanna get bite of other country??... now I know the meaning of greediness.. smh

[@soulkeeper7796]

@@evaluateanalysis7974 The thing is that Russia would still win without this support but it just much cheaper. Russia didn't have capabilities to mass produce drones in the start of the war but every hypersonic missile cost a huge amount of money so they bought a lot of cheap drones from Iran. And i guess there is no point explaining why North Korean shells are cheap....

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@soulkeeper7796"The thing is " How is that an argument for peace on Russian terms?

[@viktork.9847]

I don't even know what is worse - what she is saying or that so many voted for that. SHAME!!!

[@puhelimentili805]

Get used to it.

[@nexxhustle8829]

All wars were ended with peace talks ? This woman has to be a joke right ?

[@aaron.aaron.v.b.9448]

She's completely clueless when it comes to foreign policy. Also love her oxymoron of not judging illegitimate regimes.

[@herrschnitzelmann2853]

She also blames the sun for climate change! I don`t know who votes for her! But to be honest, the Afd is getting powerful because all the other parties are doing a very bad job in every possible way! Michael Hartmann explained it that way: "Many vote for the Afd just to annoy the other parties! They know now, that all the other parties would not help them at all, so they stopped voting or they vote for Afd as some kind of revenge!"

[@outerspace8158]

She is right

[@PlaYer-sn5or]

​@@aaron.aaron.v.b.9448 An elected government overthrown by US, the new puppet government supported by US, that government still legitimate?

[@Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz]

The AFD is Basicly Trying to be the German Variant of Trump. So Yes. She is a Joke... A Bad one unfortunately.

[@karleskobbyofficial]

7:44 she deliberately dodged the question, if she she really knows a typical Russian she will stop this nonsense. She doesn’t even know how to negotiate with Putin. Just bla bla always 🤦🏾‍♂️🤮

[@mahamadoutraore1077]

She obviously knows more than you do! Tell everyone how to negotiate with Putin, so she can learn from it

[@TETPochatok]

“Good relationships with russia” wow

[@Rsktuxlpaskl]

After what happened to the NORD STREAM 2

[@koordrozita7236]

US and UK blew Nord Stream up 😁 now Germans buy everything with double money.

[@chrisch_1]

Do you not know that the Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great was of German descent? That there have always been good relations between Germans and Russians (culturally and musically anyway) - until communism in Russia from 1917 to 1989 and National Socialism in Germany from 1933 to 1945 oppressed and systematically murdered people? In any case, today's Russia is not the same as the communist Soviet Union. But many people don't seem to have realized that yet. And did you know that this close connection between Germany and Russia has always been a thorn in the side of the Americans (and "Western powers") because they feared that together they could become a superpower. When NATO was founded in 1949, its first Secretary General, the Briton Lord Ismay, said that the alliance should "keep the Americans in, the Russians out - and the Germans on the ground". So please don't be so naive and uneducated!

[@chrisch_1]

@@Rsktuxlpaskl Germans and Russians are both victims - aren't they? So who blew up the gas pipeline?

[@oluwaseunajia]

I have not seen a more crazy person interviewed, save for Putler himself. WTH is Germany doing?!

[@huhujojo1968]

It is a shock to you because the corporate media has been shielding you from alternative views

[@felipe-vibor]

​@@huhujojo1968many liberals have only one way view of everything, that's to blame

[@argonauth]

@@huhujojo1968 Oh no, I have been seeing alternative views but there is so many flaws in this view that I would quicly change to another view. Not because I think we should keep the war going but because they are demanding the end of the war without any palpable alternative.

[@Skullslasher6]

This isnt an alternative view. This is idiotic

[@bomretiroesantana]

This woman's grandfather was the minister of Finance of the Third Reich, while her other grandfather was a SA officer, so it's not surprising why he supports another fascist dictator.

[@indoman8887]

To those that support her comment “that all wars finish by negotiation” obviously don’t know history. There was no negotiating to be had for Germany and Japan in 1945, they were instructed to sign the terms of unconditional surrender and that was the start and finish of their involvement in the peace process. The winning sides then divided the spoils. Similar outcomes occurred after WW1 and the American civil war.

[@TeArk]

If such policy (concerning Ukraine war, "peace" with Russia etc.) became dominant, i wouldn't want to be part of the European Union.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Me too. As someone from the western Balkans. If Ukraine is left behind then we should say to the EU one big goodbye.

[@TeArk]

@@Just_another_Euro_dude I'm in the Baltics. We Have BORDER with Russia...

[@RudolphoAqui]

Do you also advocate to negotiate with Ebola virus?

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

And the jab with dr faux i🤡🤡🤣🤣

[@rambleon2838]

They managed to negotiate with the China flue.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@PeterLamin-pi6rvLoonie anti-vaxxer warning.

[@hmwaklove]

HARDLY MAKING ANY SENSE

[@Unfiltered-gb8vh]

Ridiculous position, so that means that if you legally change your name as you are legally able to do, she will look for your birth certificate and call you by that name? And since she is Soooooooo farrrrrrrrr righttttt; and she doesn’t support Ukraine she should go to Russia and knit socks for the Occupier…

[@chrisch_1]

The politician being criticized is not transsexual, but a man in women's clothing, a transvestite. He is also listed in the German Bundestag's electoral roll with his male first name - but it is punishable by law not to call him that. That is crazy and arbitrary. If he were actually transsexual and had undergone gender reassignment surgery, he would be accepted. And by the way: In Germany, you cannot change your name or only under very, very limited circumstances. But recently you can change your gender once a year - just by going to the residents' registration office (a psychological report or proof of gender reassignment is not required) - and then your name too. That is crazy! And we will reverse it! Every truly transsexual person should be helped with the reassignment, but things like this make the whole thing ridiculous and also harm people who really struggle with their gender identity and have serious psychological problems. They have to deal with the backlash caused by people like "Tessa Ganserer".

[@uceumice]

I never felt so braindead listening to a deputy.

[@dmytrohelbak]

I don't afraid her, but people who voted for it

[@RobinHoodxMunchenuuiml]

Well said, Mrs. von Storch! It’s time to stop this senseless war and the profits of the warmongers!!!

[@ericpoeperic]

She sounds like one of those Karens back here in the USA.

[@GreedyPuppy7]

Takes one to know one 😊

[@catsfan_M]

😂😂

[@thinktank8471]

Trump version

[@ericpoeperic]

@thinktank8471 yes! More like that mean lady at the Baptist business women's brunch.

[@pixie_sparkle74]

This woman is nuts this is what my country voted for we in trouble.

[@nicolasmeinen3055]

You know, there was a time I was a bit skeptical. I thought to myself: "maybe the media does provide an underlying ideology, maybe I'm blind, maybe the AfD is not so bad". Almost fell for the trap. I'm so glad for DW News allowing them a platform so we can clarify: this is indeed absurd. Almost every statement in this interview shows the real face of the party, and it really does not seem like the media was inflationary at all. And I should say that this is a much better strategy: LET THEM SPEAK! The cunning of reason. It's much better than giving credibility for their "anti establishment, they canceled us because they are afraid of us etc" platform. There is no mask to fall; on the contrary, let the exposure come so everybody can understand WHY they are a threat.

[@CeylonLastMile]

Germany is the next after France.

[@Rsktuxlpaskl]

Yep

[@summer031977]

There's defeat before There's peace talks in the majority of most wars. What's she talking about?

[@vaultsjan]

Afd talking about corruption... give me a break.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

Most political parties and some national broadcasters (like the BBC) are now so liberal that they have left many voters behind. These voters haven't any way of countering the consequences except by voting for those very right wing parties. The problem is that those parties are so right wing that they consider Putin to be an ally. Trump, Farage and the leaders of some Eastern European countries respect Putin as he represents the type of government that they want.

[@chrisch_1]

No, Putin is not seen as an ally, but as an equal party with its own interests. And the interest in not having hostile armies directly on the border can probably be regarded as justified. The USA did not put up with the stationing of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba either. So why apply double standards?

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@chrisch_1USA is not intending to station nuclear missiles in Ukraine. Not *anywhere* in the east of Europe. США не намерены размещать ядерные ракеты на Украине. И вообще нигде на востоке Европы.

[@chrisch_1]

@@evaluateanalysis7974 Yes, and in the night it is bright ...

[@user-pu2hc2tw2i]

This woman have talk's truth. Germany must looks the own interest.she care for Germany

[@yordanstefanov5570]

She is iranian double agent.

[@qwerk707]

She lives in a fantasy world..Russia won’t stop at Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@domenstrmsek5625]

It would becouse too much solders died

[@ivanbrezina7632]

They might believe that he will turn another direction. In Russian TV Russian MPs openly talk about invading Uzbekistan. Then Russia would be Chinese problem.

[@brucemartin8435]

Then maybe she will sing a different song. Better start improving her Russian!

[@diegoflores9237]

Nobody believes that bs

[@hamish1309]

Bull, they want to stop now. The eastern regions and you know it.

[@cressida00]

They lack some serious PR polish, and solid details about their Ukraine position. Obviously they want Ukraine to surrender. I doubt that view will fly across EU.

[@felipe-vibor]

Watching Europe from Russia must be comical. The chicken are coming home to roost.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

Not many things are comical when you have so many military casualties. Trust me. It's a stress for a country. Russia is under a huge stress for 2,5 years now. Plus huge number of sanctions. Imagine the overall atmosphere in USA if they lost so many soldiers and military equipment in just 2,5 years in TODAY'S world. Their president would be literally risquing his LIFE with such loses! But in Russia nothing. They can't say a WORD to Putin. Not one single WORD! And they are going through a national tragedy!

[@КириллМакаренко-с4у]

@@felipe-vibor agree with you, they are all clowns. 🤣🤣

[@tajmajal4197]

German impact for peace bet Russia and Ukraine is almost zero? I think if Russia ever asked for EU membership, AfD would have said "Yes" Immediately.

[@FC-ce9pj]

Russia in EU?Natuerlisch! Mozer Russia has a stong economy, has been financing us for years O_O ....

[@Kimfakkel]

@@FC-ce9pj Another bot....

[@MouyadALRached-fn4xc]

Yes, she is looking at it from a pure economical stand point. Russia having all the resources they have are a net plus for European union unlike Ukraine. It's not about right or wrong it's just about facts.

[@leanlifer]

If I remembered correctly, Russia applied for NATO membership.

[@littlewingpsc27]

@@leanlifer Not sure if they applied, but NATO did invite them to join at one point.

[@txbre8758]

Please tell me she’s not the granddaughter of that SS leader

[@berndgertzu6361]

You can bet she is 😂

[@bomretiroesantana]

Yes, her grandfather was a SS officer and her other grandfather was the Minister of Finance of the Reich...

[@RudolphoAqui]

Supporting Ukraine’s success is Europe’s best security

[@Kevin-cw8of]

acxtually no. supporting ukr has made eroupe a more dangerous place.

[@RudolphoAqui]

@@Kevin-cw8of Actually putin has mad it a more dangerous place

[@steveborgmalta]

@@Kevin-cw8ofOh yes, that is what Putin said and we should believe it.

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

​@@Kevin-cw8of Europe didn't support Ukraine until 2014 when Putin annexed Crimea and established two puppet states in Ukraine, just as he had done previously in Georgia and as was done in Moldova. Europe had turned a blind eye to Putin's wars of conquest for too long by 2014. A response was overdue.

[@760HorsePower]

U lost boi , Russia is unbeatable, its that simple

[@andreab2114]

So predictable. They obey to Putin's order what can you expect

[@rballistic-bananab]

Sad to see our southern neighbor with such pro russian views!

[@botshelomoatshe3153]

How sad?

[@mirodrzik6192]

Warum kämpft der Westen auf ukrainischem Territorium? Der „goldene“ Westen setzt weiterhin seine ausbeuterische Haltung gegenüber anderen Nationen oder Territorien fort. Dann gibt es einen klaren Grund für die Hysterie der westlichen Länder, angeführt von den Banditen USA, gegen die Russische Föderation. Die Russen haben zwei Möglichkeiten. Lassen Sie sich von Geschäftsleuten aus dem Westen erobern und ausrauben oder schützen Sie Ihre Souveränität und Ihren natürlichen Reichtum vor dem gierigen Mund westlicher „Geschäfts“-Unternehmen.

[@aensti9077]

…She‘s German and says „every war ended with peace talks“….??????

[@Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz]

The German AFD Party is basicly Trying to Copy Trump. So dont expect them to make any Sense....

[@rodmarker2071]

They are all propellerheads 😂😂

[@G_707]

She most likely had Russian roots! There is a bit of Eastern European in her.

[@LobotimirMerkanski]

That's true of many Europeans.

[@Dahello90]

This is just gross

[@bazlur-Vancouver]

she is like Eva brown

[@kappenmann12]

Her true prename is Herrmann.

[@newworldbro]

Man you can smell putin’s bots a mile away in these comments 👃

[@paulthomas-hh2kv]

Shes right 😂😂😂

[@lynkDom-wf5io]

WTF is going on here: No one can change their name and gender like this. This is ridiculous and give is punishing like this is worst. God bless the world

[@ampomahkwame1232]

God Bless Russia 🇷🇺 Long Love President Vladimir Putin ✊🏿

[@MrN-e1p]

As a country and party responsible for two world wars, I didn't have much expectation from AFD. But the more she opened her mouth, the more I felt like vomiting. 7:10 🤮🤮

[@saba1030]

WW I was started by Austria/Serbia...

[@PeterLamin-pi6rv]

Her/His😂😂

[@NicolasHaufe]

Ahh yes the AFD in 1914🤦

[@AindriuMacGiollaEoin]

Backs Saudi Arabia and Moscow, awful woman

[@puhelimentili805]

And let me guess, u back Israel, dont you? 😂😂

[@nenadmitrovic3469]

Who ia biggest weapons supplier to Saudis?

[@thinktank8471]

Saudi investment is good, saudi is bad😂

[@fuggetlen_hirado]

No far right! Espacially *no* AFD!

[@diegoflores9237]

Keep crying

[@cerealgriller2941]

No far right! Especially no AfD!

[@RyzenShanks]

Ur too late

[@carli2302]

First Far left neoliberals, now far right conservatives. For Christ sake, Can we get someone normal, someone with common sense or has that ship sailed long time ago?

[@Cybernaut551]

What happened to the East German political party?

[@KAKUN_DESU]

they are currently in power. germany is ruled by extreme far left parties. AFD is the opposite of that.

[@zhupun]

😂Russia's friends

[@bramblebop1904]

Talking from the both sides of your mouth. We need talks so we won't arm Ukraine. Genius. If Ukraine loses the war, why would Poutine talk with them? He will dictate, is all.

[@eddylys166]

look like she didn't learn from the past 20 years of German politic. sad

[@gheorghefalcaru]

- IS GERMANY GOING TO GO CRAZY...AGAIN? - CONTROL YOURSELF OR YOU WILL GET THE WHOLE WORLD AT STAKE AGAIN!

[@Sorinoir]

Looks like Germany is in desperate need of FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY 🦅

[@sonofgreattani2607]

She said right. War cant end by supplying weapons in this modern world.

[@MrMixx5]

Sie sind wieder da, Die träumen von einer Zeit wo in Deutschland die Leute noch gegrüßt haben. 😂

[@zpaulocarraca9168]

Corruption, reminds me of Von der Leyen Pfizer scandal.

[@realoneendz]

The evil never like peace. They're said that war pays

[@MegaJuniorJones]

Excellent interview! Thank you for pushing them and asking the hard questions, and not letting them avoid answering as much as possible! Great reporter!!

[@ahmedfaisal7006]

disappointing

[@realoneendz]

Love this woman, she's is smart 💞🙏🇯🇲

[@JustinBasil.i]

The world need women like you. Speaking fact!!!!

[@berndgertzu6361]

Fact!!!!!😂😂

[@friendlyboylulea]

It's true that Germany has had good economic relations with non-democratic counties (such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China). Her argument is that Germany should add Russia (in its current tsarist form) to the list if economic partners. However I wonder why Germany should have any major economic relation with any of such oppressive regimes.

[@puhelimentili805]

Like Israel you mean?

[@soulkeeper7796]

If you exclude all undemocratic countries from the list of economic partners you probably end up with nobody to trade. All modern commodities are produced in undemocratic countries some of them even in slave-like conditions. There would be no chocolate, no coffee, no oil, no computers, no cheap clothes for you and the list goes on. I would rather ask what democratic countries did to make much more money for the same labour and how high wages in undemocratic countries would affect your prices.

[@aaron.aaron.v.b.9448]

German policy was that it is better to engage the ideological competitor than to isolate from them. This worked extremely well in Eastern Europe, where the spoils of market economy and the freedoms of a liberal society produced an enormous draw. It worked less well (on the surface) with China or, let's say, Saudi Arabia. However, it worked well enough to make iliberals like China, Saudi Arabia or the AfD forget that the current regime of international trade is based on decisively liberal principles as well as the dominance of the US. Do away with both, this is gone. It's very questionable if they'd ever be able to create an alternative based on their protectionist, isolationist stance.

[@danielMN]

😂😂😂 good one​@@puhelimentili805

[@KAKUN_DESU]

why not? USA is the worst of them all and yet we have good trade relations with them. Why not add russia?

[@edwardvalivonis23]

She has forgotten, that peace deal is if Russia leaves Ukraine

[@antoniopalumbo5356]

This is the most right wings Words I heard We don’t need those type of leader

[@jeremygibbs7342]

PEACE IN OUR TIME! PEACE IN OUR TIME! THIS IS WHAT SHE SAYS SHE WANTS. PEACE IN OUR TIME. LET PUTIN WIN, SURRENDER EVERYTHING SO WE CAN HAVE PEACE IN OUR TIME! This is what the ADF is eh? Surrender to Russia and have peace in our time! Give up your rights, freedoms, protests and you can have peace in our time!!! I am not German but if I was I wouldnt be voting for a party that wants to surrender everything to an aggressor.

[@SuperEyesandEars]

true.. and if she really means by that, than east german should give up its territory again to rusia 'ex. soviet' bcs its part of soviet in the past as did in ukraine...

[@Avatar_2025]

war in Ukraine has nothing to do with any rights except the rights of western companies to have a piece of bankrupt Ukraine.

[@catalina5382]

Rather there is ruckus than having peace that undermines democracy. I wonder why the reporter didn't ask what makes her think that putin will stop at that part of Ukraine

[@mirodrzik6192]

Warum kämpft der Westen auf ukrainischem Territorium? Der „goldene“ Westen setzt weiterhin seine ausbeuterische Haltung gegenüber anderen Nationen oder Territorien fort. Dann gibt es einen klaren Grund für die Hysterie der westlichen Länder, angeführt von den Banditen USA, gegen die Russische Föderation. Die Russen haben zwei Möglichkeiten. Lassen Sie sich von Geschäftsleuten aus dem Westen erobern und ausrauben oder schützen Sie Ihre Souveränität und Ihren natürlichen Reichtum vor dem gierigen Mund westlicher „Geschäfts“-Unternehmen.

Absolutely correct. Putin has no regard for international law and tramples on the rights of other countries. Just witness his invasions of Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2022 in violation of international law.

[@lochanbatala4410]

Lady Trump for reason

[@davincidreams832]

wow she makes it sound logical. Thats far more scary than the crazy people.

[@RobinHoodxMunchenuuiml]

Amsome!❤

[@sisodia76]

Is that lady for real? 😮😮

[@jonathanjacob5453]

Who gives a sh…. Just live your life and let others live their lives.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

That's apparently, utterly impossible for this particular fossil.

[@edwardsatwooki9644]

Too obsessed with Ukraine all the time

[@OkwudiliEnebe]

Very honest woman

[@trqster]

Slowly and steadily Europe is turning to far right regimes and that'll have deep implications at many levels , especially in Ukraine support and being hostile towards China.

[@trevormawulana980]

I love this lady. Moraly upright.

[@mikerisher4325]

Stop funding wars in Ukraine

[@otavio8566]

go tell that to putin then

[@MrMixx5]

AfD 😂🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@benyajang]

She choose to be align with russia even Russia is invader.

[@alpcan3264]

Omg she just said illegitimate government to Saudis 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂06:55 goodbye 💸💸💸💸

[@ShakibAhmedMagurmach]

😂😂😂

[@hamish1309]

She probably meant Taiwan. The Saudi were mentioned because of the brutal war in Yemen.

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

It doesn't matter. 😂 If she gets Russian gas back she won't need one single penny of Arab money. 😂😂😂😂😂 This is Germany. Economy bigger than all the Arab economies COMBINED.

[@sockhal4595]

This woman is really a stain on the face of humanity.

[@diegoflores9237]

Name calling is you people have. Nothing to say on the issues....

[@justliberty4072]

... a stain on the underwear of humanity

[@diegoflores9237]

@@justliberty4072 because they disagree with you? I thought the west was open, free, and democratic?.....

[@AusDemSchneider]

Haha she doesn't even have the balls to just respect people's decisions and stutters around 😂

[@XX-bn9sf]

$1000 fine for that??? It is so embarrassing to be German. Germany has completely lost the plot.

[@UmarChiromaIbrahim]

❤

[@vitorlopes2064]

💯

[@Sorinoir]

She doesn't seem to understand how investments work nor does she knows the history of her own country.

[@SeemoreDunkan]

Deputy leader of F@scism in Germany... Let's be clear Ukraine deserves peace. Love from Israel ;)

[@Katinas01]

I find it difficult to figure out what is her/him/it gender. May somebody help me out? 😂