Weidel Calls For Nord Stream Reparations From Ukraine
In a press conference on Tuesday, AfD co-chairperson Alice Weidel demanded an explanation from Kiev on the alleged role in the sabotage of Nord Stream and demanded reparations. Last January, the Bundesgerichtshof (German Court of Cassation) had accused a foreign country of being behind the sabotage, outlining a profile that fits Ukraine.
Weidel spoke of a severe attack against a key German infrastructure and of huge economic consequences of the sabotage. At the same time, she said that it would be important to negotiate with Russia.
The AfD is leading by 4 points over the CDU in national polls.
In St. Petersburg, Putin had said that Russia could resume gas deliveries to Germany through the one Nord Stream pipeline which has not been destroyed. If Berlin wanted it, it could be done literally by pushing a button.
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whom Putin had earlier proposed as a mediator in a peace negotiation with Kiev, was at the St. Petersburg Forum and met Putin in a private meeting in Moscow on June 5. When Putin made his name, the EU rejected it, but there were interesting reactions in Germany. Former SPD Bundestag leader Rolf Mützenich endorsed the proposal, and he was defended by CDU rep Armin Laschet from attacks coming from FDP warmonger Strack-Zimmermann.[ccc]
„Die Ukraine muss erst mal darlegen, wie es zu diesem staatsterroristischen Akt der Sprengung der wichtigsten Infrastruktur, die wir hatten, nämlich der Nord Stream Pipelines, wie es dazu gekommen ist und welchen Anteil sie daran hatte.“