In a statement published in the German media this Sunday, the chairs of the German Left Party, Sahra Wagenknecht and Dietmar Bartsch have stated the following:
“Western countries led by the U.S. have destabilized entire regions, by making possible and using terrorist organizations. Murderous gangs, such as the Islamic state (IS) were indirectly supported and supplied by countries allied with Germany – this happened unhindered. It happened through financial support and weapons. Millions of people were thereby exposed to brutal wars, civil wars.”
“The people who turned the Middle East into chaos through wars, terror drones, arms shipments and deliberate destabilization, are the ones responsible for forcing millions of people to leave their homes,” said Sahra Wagenknecht.
Sahra Wagenknecht urged the German government to demand from the US government to cover some of the costs of the refugees crisis. “If the federal government would have only a minimum level of courage left, they would demand that the United States, being the main cause of the refugee tragedy, cover at least a share of the costs of this crisis,” she explained. “In addition, as a consequence, there must finally be an end to German arms exports and to the military adventures of the German army, the Bundeswehr.”
In the position paper, Bartsch and Wagenknecht are also demanding to deal with the causes of the refugee crisis by increasing the level of the German contribution to the World Food Program and increasing development aid to 0.7 percent of GDP. The position paper will be presented publicly on Monday, September 7.