The German party insists on holding a referendum on the deployment of American weapons
Eviralnews,, on the eve of the state elections in East Germany, the newly established party “Sahra Wagenknecht”, which has a high chance of success in these elections, has declared the suspension of support to Ukraine and the non-deployment of long-range weapons of the United States in its country as the conditions for forming a coalition with Other parties have announced.
Sahra Wagenknecht has announced that she wants to enter into a coalition with other parties after the state elections in East Germany only if her party's foreign policy demands are included in the coalition agreement.
In this regard, the Wagenknecht Desert Party (BSW) rejects the deployment of American medium-range missiles in Germany and the delivery of more weapons to Ukraine. The leader of this party emphasized: Of course, there should be a position on these issues in the coalition agreement. A future state government should also advocate for these issues at the federal level. For Wagenknecht, these issues are “conditions for participation in a state government.”
New state parliaments will be elected on Sunday in Thuringia and Saxony. In both states, the far-right Alternative for Germany is leading the polls, followed by the Christian Democratic Party and then the BSW ahead of the coalition government parties.
Sahra Wagenknecht, head of the newly formed BSW party, recently called for the rejection of plans to deploy new US long-range missiles in Germany as a condition for a coalition with her party at the state level.
Wagenknecht also emphasized that these weapons do not close the defense gap, but are offensive weapons that make Germany the main target of Russian nuclear missiles.
In July, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that long-range US weapons – including Tomahawk cruise missiles – would be deployed on German soil for the first time since the Cold War. The relevant contract is scheduled to be implemented in 2026. Russia then threatened a military response to the planned deployment.
Regarding possible coalition talks in the states of Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg after state elections in September, Wagenknecht said the BSW would only participate in a state government that clearly opposes US missile plans that would greatly increase the risk of war for Germany. rejects
According to new polls, the BSW recently achieved an impressive 15-20% vote share in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg. The high number of votes of this party in the polls provoked discussions about possible coalitions. In this situation, the Christian Democratic Party of Germany has stated that it does not want to fundamentally reject the BSW as a possible coalition partner at the state level. Torsten Frei, the parliamentary leader of the Christian United Party Union faction in the German Parliament, said that this party is not a “dream candidate” for the Christian Democratic Party. However, Berlin's blanket rejection of everything is not helpful either.
On the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Washington on July 10, Germany and the United States announced that starting in 2026, long-range US weapons would be redeployed to Germany for the first time since the 1990s. “Boris Pistorius”, the Minister of Defense of Germany, justified this issue with a serious capability gap in Europe. German chancellor Olaf Schultz also explained that this decision was made to prevent war.
According to the German newspaper Tagus Spiegel, the Wagenknecht Desert Alliance (BSW) wants to implement a referendum on the plan to deploy American medium-range missiles in Germany with the resolution of the Bundestag.
The founder of the Wagenknecht party and other BSW members in the Bundestag justified their request by saying that there had been no public debate before the deployment decision announced at the NATO summit in July.
Wagenknecht himself strongly opposes the plan, making it a campaign issue ahead of state elections in Thuringia and Saxony on Sunday. In an interview with the German news agency, the head of the BSW said: Undemocratic decisions should no longer be made in the back rooms against the will of the majority of citizens. People should be consulted. The people, especially East Germany, do not want these dangerous missiles, and according to the plan, the referendum should be held in parallel with the 2025 federal elections at the latest.
“Michael Kretschmer”, the prime minister of the German state of Saxony, recently proposed a referendum on the deployment of large-scale US weapons systems in Germany, as well as the possibility of resuming conscription.
Russia has reacted sharply to this decision.
“Vladimir Putin”, the President of Russia, has recently warned Washington that in case of deployment of American long-range missiles on German soil, Moscow will no longer adhere to the unilateral suspension regarding the deployment of medium and short-range weapons.
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