“Western allies can work around toxic decision-making in small countries such as Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia. But Germany is too big to ignore”, writes Edward Lucas, non-resident Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
Calling Germany “the weakest link” of its allies, Lucas claims that the country “clearly needs a new security policy”.
“Ukrainians and their friends are justifiably furious about all this. The Zeitenwende [seachange] that the German leader announced after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 has proved deeply disappointing.”
Nordstream 1 and Nordstream 2. The Russian asset Schultz, the failed and infamous Ostpolitik. Goddammit, Germany had a serious security leak just last week.
Us other Europeans are under no illusion of the seriousness of the issue regarding Germanys relation with Russia. How it is at had been for so long now.