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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann: It is also about the future life of “our children and grandchildren”
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The consequences of the Ukraine war can be felt in Europe.
Now the FDP politician Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann has appealed to the Germans to be willing to make sacrifices in the dispute with Russia.
"We must resolutely oppose Putin and the dictators of this world who hate and want to destroy our democratic life," the defense expert told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
"This will also require personal sacrifices from all of us, but we shouldn't become weak despite everything."
In view of the high energy prices, it is important to relieve people in Germany who could hardly cope with the price increase, explained Strack-Zimmermann.
However, your request to the citizens is to assess the situation realistically.
»We all only have one life and each of us wants to make it as beautiful and pleasant as possible.
But it's not just about us, it's also about the future life of our children and grandchildren, who also have the right, like us for decades, to live in a free and peaceful Germany. «
Russia's war against Ukraine and the ensuing political conflict with the West has caused energy prices to skyrocket.
That is why voices are now increasing that are tantamount to turning away from the attacked Ukraine and giving way to Russia in order to secure their own level of prosperity.
Most recently, FDP chairman Wolfgang Kubicki caused outrage with his call for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline to be put into operation.
The move also caused trouble within his own party.
Kubicki's proposal was "wrong and absurd," said FDP leader and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner last week through a spokeswoman.
Other FDP politicians also kept their distance.
Among other things, the FDP chairman had called in the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND) last Friday for Nord Stream 2 to be put into operation - as Russia is demanding.
"We should open Nord Stream 2 as soon as possible to fill our gas storage tanks for the winter," he demanded.
Kubicki argued that it was "no more immoral" to get Russian gas this way than through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
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