End sanctions against Russia
The AfD wants to end the sanctions against Russia and rebuild trade across Europe and Asia. It argues that Saxony, as an export region, suffers badly from the EU's sanctions policy. It also wants to shield Saxony from the EU's climate and energy policy.
The AfD wants to end the sanctions against Russia. Sanctions are penalties in trade. The AfD says: They hurt the economy in Saxony. Saxony should trade more with countries to the east again. The AfD also rejects the EU's climate policy.
The platform accuses the EU of pursuing a superstate and eroding the sovereignty of nation states and regions. It says the sanctions policy hits Saxony especially hard as a business and export location. Trade relations to the east are to take the place of sanctions. The AfD calls the EU's climate and energy policy destructive and describes the EU as overreaching and undemocratic.
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„Wir werden die Sanktionen gegen Russland beenden und dafür fruchtbare Handelsbeziehungen im europäisch-asiatischen Raum wiederbeleben und etablieren.“Translation: We will end the sanctions against Russia and in return revive and establish fruitful trade relations in the European-Asian region.
Placement
- Europeleaning less EU
The item opposes the EU's common sanctions, climate and energy policy and stresses the sovereignty of states and regions.
- Foreign policyclearly diplomacy first
The existing sanctions against Russia would be dropped entirely and replaced by trade, giving up a central instrument of pressure in current foreign policy.