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Germany's AfD and BSW Push to End Ukraine Aid
Reuters reports the AfD and the leftist BSW both want Berlin to stop helping Ukraine, even as a Nord Stream trial puts the alliance under pressure; politics, making strange bedfellows.
On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN TonightPublished
At a glance
- First reported by Reuters: “Germany's AfD and leftist BSW call for end to help for Ukraine”, with reporting from WSJ.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:06 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Nord Stream, Germany, Ukraine.
- BBN covered this story before: Ukrainian soldier to stand trial over Nord Stream blasts (October 14).
The real story
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What BBN said about it
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Berlin today, Germany's far-right AfD and the leftist BSW called for an end to help for Ukraine, two parties that rarely agree on the weather.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFar right and hard left. Same side of a question.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReuters reports they want the aid stopped.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe government has not agreed, and the timing is awkward, because a trial over the Nord Stream pipeline blasts is already testing Berlin's alliance with Kyiv.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the pipeline trial and the aid fight land in the same week. That is a lot of Ukraine for one German news cycle.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI covered a coalition once that held together for nine days. Opposite wings agreeing is how you know the middle is nervous.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNine days.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGenerous, by the standards of that country.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Germany, the question now is whether the unlikely pair can turn agreement into votes, and for now the answer is unclear.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEverybody in Germany has a view on that pipeline now, except the pipeline.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is at the bottom of the Baltic. It has been the most discreet party in the whole affair.
The story so far
- TSMC Booms, Nord Stream Talks, Rubio at the Acropolis · CBS News
- Nord Stream Talks, Lithium Deal, Chip Pact · Benzinga
- Nord Stream trial: German police followed evidence to Ukraine · BBC
- Germany puts Ukrainian on trial accused of blowing up Nord Stream… · BBC
- Ukrainian ex-officer goes on trial in Germany over Nord Stream blasts · Al Jazeera
- Ukrainian soldier to stand trial over Nord Stream blasts · The Guardian
- Germany's AfD and BSW Push to End Ukraine Aid (this story)
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