In the election program, Germany's Alternative for Germany ( AfD) supports the lifting of economic sanctions on Russia and repairing the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
"Russia has been a reliable supplier and guarantee for affordable energy for decades - a weakness of the German economy due to our energy-consuming industry. Restore unimpeded trade with Russia, including immediately lifting economic sanctions and repairing Nord Stream. Germany's relations with the ASEAN-EU must be expanded," the AfD's campaign program said.
The far-right party in Germany also proposed that Ukraine should be a neutral state, not a member of NATO and the EU. "We see Ukraine's future as a neutral country outside NATO and the EU," the AfD said.
The AfD also opposes the deployment of long-range missiles by the US in Germany. "We are against the plan to deploy US long-range weapons systems (trip missile, drone and other missiles) in Germany."
The AfD also wants to improve relations between Germany and the US. "We also consider the new US government a reliable partner in our commitment to free speech and the fight against censorship on the Internet," the document stated.
The party recognizes that the geopolitical and economic interests of the United States are increasingly different from those of Germany and other European countries. "A testament to this is energy supply, such as the US's large-scale effort to prevent the use of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Germany must not allow itself to be drawn into conflicts over US decisions on energy," the document concluded.
The AfD's election program was approved at the party's federal congress, which took place in Riesa City (Unicort Federation) on December 11-12.
In Germany, the AfD is known as the right-wing population party. Other political forces said it was impossible to cooperate with the party within any framework of an alliance whether at the federal or local levels.
Germany's early parliamentary election is scheduled for February 23.
AfD presidential candidate Alice Weidel expressed her desire to repair and reopen the Nord Stream pipeline at the party's federal congress. "We will put Nord Stream back into operation," NTV quoted Weidel as saying.
The AfD is not the only German party to seek to repair and reopen Nord Stream. The left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) has also called for the pipelines to return to operation. BSW lawmaker Sevim Dagdelen has called for the gas pipelines to be put into operation and the German government to stop funding Ukraine.
