Huge protest this weekend - led by the far-Left and Kremlin apologists - will demand Berlin stops arming Kyiv... as polls show public support falling
Earlier this month, far-left politician Sahra Wagenknecht and feminist Alice Schwarzer launched what they called a 'manifesto for peace' criticising the government's approach to the conflict.Calling for 'an end to the escalation of arms deliveries to Kyiv' and 'the opening of negotiations with Moscow', they have also invited like-minded Germans to join them at a demonstration in central Berlin on Saturday. Russian apologists among the far-left and far-right fringes of Germany society are expected to attend.
As Berlin has increased its support for Ukraine since Chancellor Olaf Scholz took just days to announce seismic shifts in Germany's military after Russia's invasion, public support for sending arms in the middle-ground of German politics has also risen.
However, according to Ellen Ehn - editor in chief of Germany's WDR TV, which runs polls on public opinion - the number of people who say Scholz's decision to send main battle tanks to Ukraine was a mistake has started to increase.
A huge protest organised for this weekend will demand that Germany stop arming Ukraine in its year-long fight against Vladimir Putin's invasion. Pictured: People take part in an anti-war and Pro-Russian demonstration in Munich on February 18