Position on almost non -existent European Union relations and Russiathe former Chancellor of Germany took, Angela Merkelwhich he said, among other things, in 2021 that Vladimir Putin did not calculate Minsk’s agreement, and after he left, the Russian president began his aggression towards Ukraine.
Former Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected Poland and the Baltic states of responsibility for the interruption of European Union – Russia diplomatic relations and indirectly for the subsequent invasion of the Russian forces into Ukraine.
As the former Chancellor said, he had proposed conversations between him, Emmanuel Macron and his Vladimir Putinwhile Russian forces were already gathering at the border with Ukraine. “In June 2021, I felt that (Vladimir) Putin was no longer taking the Minsk agreement seriously, and so I wanted a new figure, with which we could talk directly to him as a European Union,” Angela Merkel said in an interview with Hungarian.
“Some didn’t support this. It was mainly for the Baltic states. But Poland was also opposed. The four countries were afraid that we would not have a common policy towards Russia. In any case, it didn’t happen. Then I left the post and then Putin’s aggression began, “the former Chancellor added. Referring to the Minsk Agreement, the negotiation for which she had participated in 2015, she argued that “it brought calm between 2015 and 2021 and gave the Ukraine The opportunity to gather its strengths and become a different country. “
Putin was afraid of the coronation
Angela Merkel also argued that the Koroneovirus pandemic also contributed to the attack on Ukraine. “We could no longer meet, because Vladimir Putin was scared. And if you can’t meet, if you can’t discuss different face -to -face views, then you won’t find new compromises. The telecommunications were not enough. So Russia was politically radicalized so much and eventually attacked Ukraine, “he said in the same interview.
Answers to Merkel Interview by Bild and Politico
“What Angela Merkel does not say is that Russia, under the Minsk Treaty, between 2015 and 2021, killed and injured more than 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers. Putin’s aggression in no way began after the end of her term, “commented Bild, who also broadcasts her interview, while Politico magazine points out that” coincidentally (or not), in 2021 Donald Tusk, then President of the European Council and today Prime Minister Nord 2 Merkel as “her biggest mistake”.