{"id":376720,"date":"2026-09-08T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-the-afd-election-win-weaken-germanys-support-for-ukraine-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:00:43","slug":"could-the-afd-election-win-weaken-germanys-support-for-ukraine-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/could-the-afd-election-win-weaken-germanys-support-for-ukraine-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Could the AfD election win weaken Germany&#8217;s support for Ukraine? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iX4McyzUlKQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Could the AfD election win weaken Germany's support for Ukraine? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iX4McyzUlKQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s support for Ukraine has become a key political battleground. Polls show many AfD voters are critical of aid to Kyiv. AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund told DW Chief Political Editor Michaela K\u00fcfner that good relations with Russia are just as important as ties with the US. Chancellor Friedrich Merz, meanwhile, defended continued support for Ukraine, while acknowledging the need to better explain why it matters for Germany&#8217;s security and Western values. <\/p>\n<p> #ukrainewar #afd #dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 AfD election win puts Ukraine support in focus<br \/>\n01:31 Why some German voters oppose aid to Ukraine<br \/>\n03:16 Could Germany&#8217;s Ukraine policy come under pressure?<br \/>\n04:19 Merz: Germany will keep backing Ukraine<br \/>\n08:29 The link between Ukraine&#8217;s security and Germany&#8217;s security<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baReddit: https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DWNews\/<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s support for Ukraine has become a key political battleground. Polls show many AfD voters are critical of aid to Kyiv. AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund told DW Chief Political Editor Michaela K\u00fcfner that good relations with Russia are just as important as ties with the US. Chancellor Friedrich Merz, meanwhile, defended continued support for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":376721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-376720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Could the AfD election win weaken Germany&#039;s support for Ukraine? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Could the AfD election win weaken Germany&#039;s support for Ukraine? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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