German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock was criticized for her words about her intention to support Ukraine regardless of the mood of German voters.
This is reported by DPA.
"I can promise the people of Ukraine: we support you and will support you as long as it takes, no matter what my German voters think," Berbok said at a public event in Prague.
She also warned of a split between the Western allies.
The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel, then called for Berbock's resignation. "Anyone who ignores the interests of German voters should not hold ministerial positions," Weidel tweeted.
"Left" MP Sevim Dagdelen called this approach "Ukraine first, and citizens don't matter" and "a complete failure."
Norbert Rettgen from the CDU criticized Burbock's words for "feigned heroism", noting that the majority of German society supports Ukraine: "Democratic politicians must convince with arguments, and not just say: 'this is so and so.'
The German Foreign Ministry shared a statement released by Peter Ptassek, a representative of their strategic communications department, in which he indicates that the edited video of Berbok's speech is being actively dispersed by accounts seen as spreading pro-Russian disinformation. "Will we so easily allow division between us? I don't think so," he writes.
According to the results of the latest opinion polls, slightly more than half of German residents (53%) are in favor of maintaining the sanctions imposed against Russia, even if they will be associated with rising prices, disruptions in energy supply and problems for the economy.