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Soaring fuel prices drive German far-right calls for a turn back to Russia

The Hindu · · 724 words · By Reuters
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“Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has used surging energy prices to revive its longstanding call for Berlin to turn once more to Russia for cheap energy after scoring some of its best results in two state elections this month.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A large part of the right-wing populist German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) supports Russia, its foreign policy, and its allies. The AfD has been positioning itself for years in favor of close …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfD_pro-Russia_movement
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland, AfD [aːʔɛfˈdeː] ) is a far-right, right-wing populist, national conservative, and völkisch nationalist political party in Germany. It has …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tino Chrupalla (German: [ˈtiːno kʁʊˈpala]; born 14 April 1975) is a German politician from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). A member of the German parliament (Bundestag) since 2017, …
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“German petrol prices have jumped by more than 15% since the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran a month ago”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started an armed conflict with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian offi…
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“The AfD’s argument won a ready hearing this month among voters in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a centre of the German car industry.”
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“Markus Frohnmaier, the AfD’s leading candidate in Baden-Wuerttemberg, stated that energy prices around twice as high as those in China or the United States.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alice Elisabeth Weidel (German: [aˈliːs eˈliːzabɛt ˈvaɪdl̩]; born 6 February 1979) is a German far-right politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right populist Alternative for Germ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Darren Jeffrey Beattie is an American conservative author and diplomat working since October 2025 as a Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. He was previously actin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maximilian Eugen Krah (born 28 January 1977) is a German lawyer and politician for right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD). He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 20…
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“The AfD consolidated its position as Germany’s second party by winning around 20% of the vote in both Baden-Wuerttemberg and in neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate.”
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“Russia had supplied over a third of Germany’s crude oil imports and more than half of its natural gas needs, until Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.”
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“With the exception of indirect imports of small quantities of liquefied natural gas, it has eliminated Russian oil and gas from its energy mix, statistics office data shows.”
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“For two decades, under chancellors Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel, Germany’s economic model had been built around access to cheap Russian energy.”
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“The shock helped push Germany into a two-year recession from which it has only just begun to emerge.”
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“Germany’s AfD helping to end Russia’s isolation”
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“The AfD, which last month won an injunction preventing Germany’s domestic intelligence agency from classifying it as 'extremist' for the moment, is often characterised as far-right, though it disputes the label.”
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“Mr. Frohnmaier said it was not for German politicians to worry about the possible boost to Moscow’s war effort from buying Russian gas.”
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“In eastern Germany, where the AfD has a strong chance of winning power in Saxony-Anhalt in one of three state elections being held in September, the argument is likely to have even more force.”
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“There is a widespread view in the German public that cutting ties with Russia was a mistake”
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