— German AfD Leader Alice Weidel on Russia-Ukraine:The Alternative for Germany has a very clear position: we are always open to diplomatic channels.
And we have always criticized the fact that, especially when we talk about Ukraine, we need an open channel to Russia in order to reach an understanding and achieve a peaceful solution.
We have also always said that we need good relations not only with Russia but above all with the United States.
We can now see that the United States is sending representatives to Moscow and sounding things out between Moscow and Kyiv.
That could actually have been a role for the Germans and for a German federal government. In recent decades, it was common practice for us to act as a neutral mediator, and that role would suit us much better than being rhetorically warmongers, as we are today.
