Tino Khrupalla, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. File photoBERLIN, Oct 25Tino Krupalla, co-chair of the opposition right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to advocate for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia before spending German taxpayer money on rebuilding facilities that could be destroyed again. A conference is being held in Berlin on Tuesday chaired by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, dedicated to the restoration of Ukraine. The event is also attended by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke at the beginning of the conference via video link. «At the international conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, Chancellor Scholz called for the immediate implementation of the Marshall Plan, despite the fact that hostilities are still ongoing,» the party said. , «Chancellor Scholz has the wrong priorities.» “He wants to restore Ukraine while the war is in full swing. Therefore, he should advocate for peace talks, and not spend German taxpayer money on enterprises that could become targets of military operations. There should be no “perpetual reconstruction” that only benefits Western companies, but not to the citizens of Ukraine,» Krupalla's words are quoted in the AfD message.
Steinmeier spent an hour in a bomb shelter in the Chernihiv regionThe head of the party also expressed confidence that «war damage must be repaired once, after peace talks.» «To make them possible, the chancellor must also restore trade relations on the continent of Europe,» Krupalla concluded. Marshall», and will cost billions. On Tuesday, at a conference in Berlin, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine already now, for the priority restoration The EU needs $17 billion, but so far Kyiv has not received a cent.
