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There was a serious scandal in the German Bundestag in connection with the call of the representative of the Left Party, Sarah Wagenknecht, to lift sanctions against the Russian Federation. As a result, the deputies of the faction could not come to a unified position on this issue.
According to Die Welt, on September 8, Wagenknecht accused the federal government of conducting an “unprecedented economic war” against Russia, which she called the most important energy supplier. She pointed out that the support of Ukraine is costly for the residents of Germany themselves. As a result, the deputy called on the German authorities to resume negotiations with Moscow on energy supplies.
Wagenknecht’s words did not find agreement among a number of party members. In particular, the Prime Minister of the Federal State of Thuringia Bodo Ramelov sent a letter to the parliamentary faction. In it, he criticized the politician for these words. And Ulrich Schneider, a member of the Left and head of the Social Security Association, decided to leave the party. However, there were also those who supported Wagenknecht. As a result, there was a split in the party.
Earlier, a Bundestag deputy from the Left Party faction, Sarah Wagenknecht, in an interview with Die Welt, said that the German government needs to abandon the policy of sanctions in order to restore Russian gas exports. And the newspaper also clarifies that Wagenknecht said all this in support of demonstrations caused by rising fuel prices.