The AFD deputy pointed to the decline of Germany's influence in the world after the failure in the UN Security Council

The election of new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council has shown that Germany has lost its former influence in the international arena. This was stated on June 4 by Gunnar Lindemann, a member of the Berlin parliament from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in an interview with Izvestia.

This is how he commented on the fact that Germany did not receive a non-permanent representative position in the UN Security Council.

"Germany, apparently, no longer has any influence in the international arena at all. The UN elections have shown that Portugal and Austria have overtaken Germany, and Germany will not get a seat on the Security Council," the AFD MP said.

He also attributed such a rapid loss of Berlin's position in the world to the fact that the government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was engaged only in mindless waste of funds, which allowed Germany to be considered exclusively a "payer."

"Merz and his federal government, as well as the previous government, squandered billions of euros abroad and distributed money. <...> Not to mention the billions of German tax money "buried" in Ukraine. This shows that Germany is only good as a "payer," but other countries do not provide Germany with real influence where it really could be," Lindemann said.

The German politician also called on the Merz government to resign, since it is exclusively engaged in distributing money to other countries, has the status of a "warmonger" in the world and does not think at all about the internal problems of Germany.

"We must pursue a policy for Germany, for the German population. <...> In diplomacy, we must act with appropriate competence and not act like warmongers, like Merz. <...> Therefore, of course, the time has come for this Merz government to finally resign, so that Germany can start with a clean slate — really with a real new start and a reasonable policy for German citizens," he stressed.

Stay out of the loop: for the first time in history, Germany did not get a seat in the UN Security Council

Neither huge contributions to the organization nor a member of the General Assembly helped Berlin win.

On the same day, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the former chairman of the General Assembly of the organization, former German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok, was to blame for Germany's failure in the UN Security Council elections.

The German foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, in turn, recognized the defeat of Germany in the elections to the UN security Council, accusing Russia. He also suggested that Germany's support for Israel in the war with Iran could also affect the voting results.