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My Motion or No Motion – The Left Wants the Ukraine War to Continue if Peace Does Not Meet Its StandardsOn October 14, 2026, the newly elected state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt adopted a motion for the first time with a joint majority in a special session forced by the AfD and BSW. The motion calls on the state government, which is currently serving in a caretaker capacity, to advocate in the Bundesrat for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine, a halt to non-humanitarian financial aid, and the lifting of economic sanctions against Russia. The objective: an immediate ceasefire and peace negotiations. The AfD and BSW stated that the policy pursued so far had failed and was placing an enormous economic burden on Germany. The CDU, SPD, Greens, and The Left voted unanimously against the motion. The speech by Eva von Angern, chairwoman of The Left's parliamentary group, was particularly revealing. She described the motion's title as “really quite good to begin with,” but dismissed its substance as a “sham” and a “farce.” It pretended to demonstrate the ability to act where no such ability existed and served primarily to tell citizens that they could not expect any relief on electricity bills, fuel costs, rent, or jobs from the AfD and BSW. The motion created the false impression that a state parliament resolution on Ukraine could solve Saxony-Anhalt's economic woes – the notion of “Köthen instead of Kyiv” was simply factually wrong. Von Angern accused the motion's sponsors of putting pressure on Ukraine and easing the burden on Russian aggressor. The motion failed to explicitly condemn Russia's war of aggression and demand the withdrawal of its troops. It told the story of the war “from the aggressor's perspective and in the aggressor's favor” and was “populism with a peace label” as well as “a gift to Vladimir Putin” – after all, the parliamentary document was also dated on Putin's birthday. The Left put forward an alternative motion condemning Russia's attack, demanding the withdrawal of its troops, and seeking to ensure civilian aid without fundamentally halting arms deliveries. The Logic of RejectionThis is where the real problem becomes apparent. For The Left, peace is apparently acceptable only if it meets its own conditions: an unequivocal assignment of blame to Russia, troop withdrawal as a prerequisite, and continued support for Ukraine (at least in civilian and financial terms, and partly militarily as well). A motion that prioritizes diplomacy, a ceasefire, and the normalization of economic relations while addressing the costs to Germany is summarily discredited as pro-Russian – regardless of whether it could actually achieve anything.Yet the accusation of symbolic politics cuts both ways. Yes, a state parliament has limited influence over foreign and security policy; a Bundesrat initiative is no panacea. But exactly the same applies to The Left's alternative motion. If the AfD/BSW motion “pretends to demonstrate the ability to act,” its own motion does little less. The Left criticizes the motion for failing to solve social problems in Saxony-Anhalt – yet it offers no concrete plan to ease the burden on citizens itself, instead remaining focused on the Ukraine debate. Citizens' concerns about electricity bills, fuel prices, and jobs are acknowledged rhetorically, only to be instrumentalized to discredit the peace initiative. Even more paradoxically, The Left has a pacifist tradition and advocates disarmament and diplomacy. Yet as soon as such an initiative comes from the AfD and BSW, it becomes a “farce” and a “gift to Putin.” Here, peace seems less like an objective than a means of political differentiation. “My motion or no motion” – that is how the position can be summed up. The people in Ukraine, Russia, and Saxony-Anhalt who want the bloodshed to end play a secondary role as long as the motion is not introduced by the right party and does not contain the right assignment of blame. Realities and Double StandardsIt is undeniable that, after more than four years, the war continues with political backing, that sanctions are placing a noticeable burden on the German economy, and that arms deliveries are prolonging the conflict without producing a decisive military outcome. Calling for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations is not “letting the aggressor off the hook”; it is a realpolitik necessity if the goal is to stop the killing. Historically, most wars have ended through negotiations, not through the unconditional surrender of one side.By rejecting the AfD/BSW motion because it does not explicitly condemn Russia strongly enough and supposedly lets Ukraine off the hook, The Left is effectively signaling: better to continue the war than to accept a peace that does not conform to one's own moral standards. This is not a consistent peace policy but ideological self-presentation. The citizens of Saxony-Anhalt, who are suffering from high energy prices and economic uncertainty, and the people of Ukraine, who are enduring the war, deserve more than partisan trench warfare and moral grandstanding. The AfD and BSW motion may be imperfect and may overestimate the actual scope for action. But at least it raises the question of how to end the war. The Left responds with rejection and the insistence that only its own approach is the right one. This is no contribution to peace – it is the continuation of the conflict by parliamentary means. Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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