The opposition far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) rebuked Angela Merkel’s government for joining Western expulsions of Russian diplomats after an attack on a former Russian spy in Britain, arguing that this harmed Germany.
Berlin said on Monday it was sending four diplomats back to Russia as part of 100 expulsions by the U.S. and European countries.
“Germany has nothing to win and much to lose if it lets itself be drawn into a new Cold War by rabble-rousers and it wilfully blocks diplomatic channels,” said Alexander Gauland, co-leader of the AfD, the biggest opposition party.
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Source: Protothema
