Posted on 01/04/2022 5:31:09 PM PST by Olog-hai
Germany’s new foreign minister heads to Washington this week for talks likely to be dominated by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, amid reports that her boss, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, is looking to reset strained relations with Moscow and plans to meet with President Vladimir Putin this month.
Germany has just assumed the rotating presidency of the G7 for 2022, and any disunity within its three-party coalition government over confronting challenges posed by Russia or China could have far-reaching implications.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, co-leader of the Greens, favors a tougher approach to Moscow and Beijing than does Scholz of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD). The third coalition partner, the pro-business Free Democrats Party (FDP), is also more assertive on Russia and China than the SPD.
Baerbock is traveling to the U.S. on Wednesday for meetings with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other officials, with the Russia situation high on the agenda.
Meanwhile Bild, a mass-circulation German tabloid that often breaks political stories, reported Monday that Scholz is seeking a “qualified new beginning” in relations with Russia and hopes to meet with Putin during January.
The report brought strong reactions from critics of the Kremlin.
Sergej Sumlenny, a Berlin-based expert on Eastern Europe, said Scholz’s desire for a restart was “not only a clear conflict with the Greens, but also an [sic] bomb under German commitment for democracy, a sell-out of Europe to Moscow dictator.” …
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Not the least surprising Germany wants to ‘reset’ with Putin.
The guy is playing the US and Russia...Same game...different day.
It’s time to actually leave NATO. Wish Trump had done more than threaten. Of course, Congress wouldn’t stand for it, so we can’t really blame Trump. Hummm. 2024. We get a do-over.
The mistake was allowing the EU to take control of NATO, which happened some decades ago. Take note of who Jens Stoltenberg answers to. Merely leaving allows the EU to swallow it up and take over what the USA put into it, which of course was part of what the left plotted to happen.
Maybe they’ll sign a non-aggression pact?
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