Regarding the controversial request to Left Party MP Sahra Wagenknecht to resign from the Bundestag, Wissler said that there was great support in the party and in the state associations. However, Wissler admitted in the interview that the bitter internal dispute was rejected by the people in the country. The development was “very regrettable”, but the party executive had to protect the members.
With a view to Russia’s war against Ukraine, Wissler called for a “diplomatic offensive”. You have great doubts that arms deliveries could quickly end this war. Of course, this would also require talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian side must decide whether Ukraine will give up fighting on national territory to end it. She lacks the imagination for how Ukraine could militarily reconquer Crimea. “We need negotiations, we need a lasting peace,” emphasized Wissler.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) had previously said that she did not currently consider possible talks with Putin to be a realistic option. In an interview with “Bild”, “Welt” and “Politico” on Friday evening, she denied the question of whether negotiations with the Kremlin boss could currently take place. She wished that were possible. “But right now it’s not about what you wish for, it’s about facing reality.” And this is a “brutal Russian war of aggression”.
