“Cheap energy from Russia was the secret of the success of ‘Made in Germany’. We need it back.” 

It didn’t take long for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party – fresh off its historic taking of 43.8% of the vote in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt election earlier this month which left Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) shaken – to embark on ties which are a serious shot across the bow and slap in the face to both Berlin and Brussels.

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/afd-germany-first-mandate-preps-moscow-talks-reopen-cheap-gas-pipeline