Alternative for Germany (AfD) Co-chair Alice Weidel Vows to Halt Ukraine Aid and Demand Repayment

Key facts

• Alice Weidel, co-chair of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, announced on September 13, 2026 that the party wants to stop financial and military aid to Ukraine and demand that Kyiv repay significant sums.
• Weidel also called for cancelling social benefits for some Ukrainians in Germany, particularly those liable for military service, saying the situation with over one million Ukrainians receiving benefits is financially unsustainable.
• She added that most Ukrainians should return to their country, especially young Ukrainian men of conscription age.
• Germany's interior ministers are discussing how to limit the access of the not-yet-formed AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt to sensitive security and intelligence information.