Far-right probes the line

Co-leaders of the Alternative for Germany party, Chrupalla (front left) and Weidel (front centre), during the party’s federal conference in Riesa, Germany, in this file pic from Jan 11, 2025. Lawmakers from the AfD have pushed state officials to publish sensitive details about national security. Their opponents say that could benefit Russian military planning. — Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times

ONE far-right lawmaker demanded that German authorities reveal the exact routes used to send military supplies to Ukraine.

Another pressed officials to disclose whe­ther Berlin had provided Ukraine with long-range rockets capable of striking deep inside Russia.