The German issue is back. Only this time, the problem was not Hitler's huge war machine, but the net zero flute blower who led Europe on the path of primrose. [emphasis, links added]
European officials gathered in Paris to seek guidance as the continent appeared to have suffered a nervous breakdown against Trump, Putin and Ukraine.
But where is the German elite, is it wise to make a wise choice?
Next Sunday, 60 million German voters are ready to kick out the unfortunate, indecisive Social Democrat Olaf Scholz and replace him with Friedrich Merz, who is a conservative Christian Democrats, with more hair, we must hope to master better Real policy.
Therefore, Berlin will be subject to new management. But, in fact, how much difference does it make? I'm worried that the answer is: Not enough.
For a quarter of a century, a continuous German government bet on cheap Russian gas on shirts, while extending the armed forces to places where soldiers had to use brooms instead of rifles.
Prime Minister Gerhard Schröder created a shackle on Putin's German industry and later became his stooge, hired by Gazprom to promote the Nordstream Gas Pipeline project.
His successor Angela Merkel was less acute, but succumbed to the same fantasy of Russia.
German companies and political elites believe in Putin so much that Even after he invaded Georgia and annexed Africanists in Crimea and Ukraine, They turned a blind eye to the evidence that the Russian Empire was repelling, aiming to reverse its failure in the Cold War.
Instead of relying on dependence on Moscow, German leaders continue to shut down their nuclear industry, setting their population as a net zero date.
The biggest reason why Europe has failed to endure Putin’s aggression in the past 15 years is Germany’s fear of poking Russian bears.
Then there was a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which prevented the post-pandemic recovery.
After a period of panic, German commercial and political institutions overcome their addiction to cheap Russian energy. But now, with the third year of the outlook falling, voters are in a revolt.
Until last year it broke down, the left-wing “traffic light” government that took over Merkel's centrist major league had a pathetic record in Ukraine, immigration, taxation and almost everything else.
Prime Minister Scholz has to take on a lot of responsibilities.
After replacing an incompetent defense minister with the vibrant Boris Pistorius, he refused to act to provide Ukraine with the toolkit they needed and to make the war of German industries Establish a foothold.
If Merz was wise, he would not have left Pistorius behind, but instead had the defense minister serve, whose mission was to turn Germany into a new democratic Arsenal.
But if Meers prioritizes his declaration’s commitment to tax cuts rather than re-tax, the German issue will continue in a new form.
Major members of the Trump administration, such as JD Vance and Elon Musk, want to see the German (AFD) alternative (AFD) installed in the office with Merz.
But these German “nationalists” are Putin's poodles (as their declaration undoubtedly declared) who want to restore their dependence on Russian gas and lift sanctions unconditionally while throwing Ukraine at the wolf.
The green agenda is an increasingly irrelevant policy, but Berlin dares to abandon the government.
H/T Brandon R.
Top image shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz through Bloomberg TV/YouTube screenshot
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