AfD on foreign affairs and defence

The AfD wants Germany to stop sending weapons into the war zone in Ukraine and to push immediately for a diplomatic solution. It sees it as being in Brandenburg's interest to trade with Russia again without obstacles.

The AfD wants no German weapons for the war in Ukraine. Germany should negotiate instead. Brandenburg should be able to trade with Russia again. The AfD says the sanctions hurt Brandenburg in particular.

The program calls for a foreign policy that represents German and Brandenburg interests. It says Brandenburg is especially affected by the sanctions against Russia and by the arrival of war refugees. The AfD describes Russian energy as having been a cheap and reliable basis for industry and transport for decades. Anything that fuels the conflict should be avoided.

The AfD wants development aid to follow German and Brandenburg interests. Only countries that take back migrants who are required to leave would receive money, and the German economy should benefit from the payments.

The AfD wants to attach conditions to development aid. A country should take back its citizens who must leave Germany. Only then does it get money. German companies should also gain from the money.

The program justifies the condition by saying that fighting illegal immigration benefits people in Brandenburg. Countries that give development aid themselves would no longer receive any. The same applies to nuclear powers and to countries that use migration as leverage against Germany.

The AfD wants to end the embargo on Russian gas and oil. This is meant to let the PCK Schwedt refinery keep operating under its previous business model.

Germany no longer buys oil and gas from Russia. The AfD wants to end this ban. The refinery in Schwedt should work as it did before. A refinery turns crude oil into gasoline and diesel.

The platform ties the demand to the Schwedt site, whose operation it wants to secure. It rejects heavily subsidized trials of other business models, which the party sees as risky. The AfD also demands that the Nord Stream pipeline explosion be investigated without political influence and that those responsible be named.