{"id":8178,"date":"2025-11-13T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=8178"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:40:21","slug":"poland-could-be-threat-to-germany-opposition-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/poland-could-be-threat-to-germany-opposition-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland could be threat to Germany \u2013 opposition leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia is currently no threat to Berlin\u2019s security, but even Warsaw might one day pose a danger, AfD party co-chair Tino Chrupalla has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia poses no more of a threat to Germany than neighboring Poland, Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD), party has argued.<\/p>\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and several other senior officials have repeatedly called Moscow an existential threat to Germany.<\/p>\n

Appearing on the talk show ‘Markus Lanz’ aired by broadcaster ZDF on Tuesday, Chrupalla said that he “currently see<\/em>[s] no danger to Germany from Russia.”<\/em> He added that “any country can become a threat to Germany.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Germany has a new Berlin Wall<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When the host suggested that a fellow NATO and EU member state, such as Poland, was an unlikely candidate for that role, the AfD co-chair disagreed, insisting that “of course, Poland can also be a threat to us.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Take the current double moral, the double standards”<\/em> that have been displayed by the Polish government with respect to the 2022 blasts that severely damaged the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, he charged. Chrupalla cited Warsaw’s refusal to extradite a Ukrainian “terrorist”<\/em> that the German authorities had issued an arrest warrant for in connection with the explosions.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Warsaw District Court dismissed Berlin’s extradition request for Ukrainian national Vladimir Zhuravlyov as “unfounded.”<\/em> The judge argued that “blowing up critical infrastructure during a war… is not sabotage but denotes a military action.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Russia \u2018not a threat\u2019 to Germany \u2013 senior opposition MP<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Speaking on Tuesday, Chrupalla also defended AfD lawmakers’ trips to Russia, arguing that such contacts are necessary to maintain dialogue with Moscow.<\/p>\n

In September, Markus Frohnmaier, who leads the AfD in the Bundestag, argued that “we are genuinely interested in normalizing relations with Russia.”<\/em> He cited the economic woes triggered by Germany’s decision to “decouple”<\/em> from inexpensive Russian energy.<\/p>\n

According to a survey by the pollster INSA, whose results were released last month, the AfD had emerged as the most popular party in Germany, enjoying the support of 26% of respondents.<\/p>\n

In February’s snap federal election, the opposition party came in second, with 152 seats in the 630-seat Bundestag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia is currently no threat to Berlin\u2019s security, but even Warsaw might one day pose a danger, AfD party co-chair Tino Chrupalla has said Russia poses no more of a threat to Germany than neighboring Poland, Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD), party has argued….<\/p>\n

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