and the threat of war on his doorstep is underscoring fault lines within his new ruling coalition and exposing the limits of Berlin’s diplomatic power.
Kiev has a long wish list for weapons and military hardware from Germany, one of the world’s top five arms exporters.Instead, Berlin has once again dipped into the public purse to offer Ukraine financial aid and training. More broadly, German business is concerned about how sanctions would hurt their exports to Russia, and how reduced Russian gas supplies would crimp production at home.Unlike France and Britain, Germany is not a European nuclear power, which is another weak link in its diplomatic arsenal.
After a long period of equivocation, Scholz finally declared last week that “all options are on the table” and that Berlin would act in concert with European Union and NATO partners if Russian military aggression escalates.
Germany talks noble but truth known it is the 5th biggest arms exporter in the world & lets it trade interests override its talk about human rights and democracy as seen by its actions on Ukraine. Certainly an unreliable partner for the Western World and deserves no respect.
The US stuffed up the Middle East and they'll stuff up Europe using Ukraine as a NATO pawn. Perhaps Germany see the situation for what it is and refuse to feed the latest US imperialist war beyond a token effort. Germany have housed way too many US created refugees already.
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