The German Bundestag held hearings in support of Ukraine
The situation in Ukraine during the Russian invasion was the subject of a year and a half of debate in the Bundestag.
A Ukrinform correspondent followed the discussion on Wednesday.
“I think that we, the Germans with our history in Ukraine, have protected Ukrainians now and have not been with the aggressor for so long and helped him,” said Servant MP Michael Brand. He decided that it was time to be prepared for even tougher sanctions, and it was Germany that could and should make a greater contribution to stopping the aggressor. The brand acknowledged that after the war in Yugoslavia, everyone understood that such war crimes, genocide – and this is what is happening in Ukraine today.
His fellow party member Johann David Wadeful (CDU / CDU) added that Germany was becoming less of a weapon for Ukraine than Denmark. A representative of the opposition party in the government decided to increase such assistance.
Michael Roth, a member of the ruling Social Democratic Party (who until recently strongly opposed the provision of weapons to Ukraine), said that only a well-fortified and armed Ukraine could stop the aggressor.
“Putin wants the whole of Ukraine; and only from the position of a strong Ukraine can survive this and force it to stop, “said the deputy. He also unexpectedly stated that he supports giving Ukraine the prospect of EU membership. “But this proposal should be honest, not symbolic. Ukrainians deserve it, ”says Roth. He made Bruce that Ukraine knows better what to negotiate with Moscow and does not need “compromise advice”.
Alexander Graff Lambdsdorf of the Free Democratic Party mentioned the “denazification” of a country “so well run by a Jew.” “No one will be able to denazify this country. It is a democratic… free country,… and Putin is lying to hide the meaning of the “operation from his own people,” he said. He believes that the war in Ukraine is part of the bigger picture – the Cold War between democracy and dictatorship.
“Green” politician Robin Wagener stressed that if unprecedented sanctions were imposed after the “referendum” and the annexation of Crimea, the current war could have been prevented. He also noted that the Germans had driven themselves into energy dependence on Russia. “It simply came to our notice then. We are criticized for financing the Russian military machine. Now that the dictator is attacking a neighboring country, we cannot allow the road to benefit from the sale of energy to us, “said a spokesman for the Eco Party. He called for “stop being afraid of Putin, because fear is his gangster method, but Putin will not be able to defeat democracy.”
This representative of the Liv Party, which is traditionally a sympathizer of Russia, Dietmar Bartch said that Putin – and only he – is responsible for the killings, protection, violations. “There is no excuse for this aggression. Neither Ukraine nor NATO provoked this war, it is allowed, and only he can end it, “the deputy said. He said that Ukraine remained sovereign and free, and expressed his belief that after the end of the war, Ukraine should be provided with a “Marshall Plan”.
Only Alternative for Germany MP Matthias Musdorf has traditionally tried to “turn the arrows” and accuse the West of persuading him to turn his eyes away from “Ukrainian Nazis being mocked” in Donbass.
Representatives of the federal government took part in the discussion.
As reported, on Thursday, March 17, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is to call the deputies of the German Bundestag via video message.