Defense Minister Boris Pistorius reaffirmed after the end of the AfD party congress in Erfurt that he does not want to grant the party access to classified information in the event of government participation.
Pistorius pointed to the AfD's proximity to Russia. „The proximity to Putin cannot be overlooked. The suspicion that there is money from Russia is also in the room“, he told „Bild am Sonntag“.
The SPD politician stressed that sensitive information must not fall into the wrong hands. „We are intensively dealing with the question of who we can give access to classified information“, he added.
Green parliamentary group vice Konstantin von Notz supported the position. „The AfD is the parliamentary arm of Moscow in Germany“, he told Handelsblatt. The AfD party congress in Erfurt ended on Sunday.
