AfD victory concerns Kallas: There are blind parties to the Russian threat

ANDin the context of a visit to Lithuania, Kaja Kallas was asked what the victory of the far-right Alternative Party for Germany (AfD) represents for the EU.

In her reply, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy argued that election results must be respected, but noted that the threats of Russia “are approaching Europe”, setting the example of the drone incident at Leipzig Airport in August, which Germany attributed to Russia.

“ Threats are really increasing in Europe. And at the same time, parties that are, in a way, blind to this threat and that say ‘we should not do anything because it is not our concern’ are gaining ground,” he said.

Kallas said he feared that at some point the EU might realize that it did not do enough “to deter the threats” of Russia and to be able to defend itself.

“ But, of course, it is up to the German people, as a democratic country, to make their choices,” he said.

The AfD, anti-migration and pro-Russia, won on Sunday the elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany, with 43.8% of the votes and was only three absolute majority members

In order to manage, the AfD will have to agree with elements of other parties, such as the Christian Democratic Union (CDU, which led the local government since 2002), or form a temporary alliance with the radical left-wing pro-Russia movement BSW, for example, which, according to the German public media ZDF and the ARD, has four parliamentary seats and is open to negotiating on a case-by-case basis.

No German region has been ruled by the far right since 1945.