Manifest für Frieden

The Manifest für Frieden (lit. 'Manifesto for peace') is a German manifesto and an online petition against Germany's arms deliveries to Ukraine and in favour of peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Background
Directed to the Chancellor Olaf Scholz, it was written by Sahra Wagenknecht, a politician for The Left, and Alice Schwarzer, publisher of the feminist magazine EMMA, and launched on 10 February 2023.

The petition quickly reached several hundred thousands signatures, was accompanied by the demonstration Aufstand für Frieden that drew around 13,000 people to the Brandenburg Gate on 25 February 2023, and caused intense debate in the German media. People from mainstream media and political parties accused Wagenknecht and Schwarzer of repeating Russian propaganda and of not sufficiently disavowing right-wing populists who also oppose the arms deliveries.