Thirty years Hedong, Thirty years Hexi , this sentence is really correct. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, former German Chancellor, who believed that Germany should deepen economic cooperation with Russia, support the Nord Stream 2, oppose decoupling with Russia's energy, and advocate maintaining dialogue with Putin Merkel , was targeted by some German media and politicians.
Many German politicians believe that if it weren't for Merkel's "too weak" to Putin, the Russian army's invasion of Ukrainian territory would not have happened. It was Merkel's repeated tolerance for Putin, which made Russia more and more fearless, and eventually led to a tragedy.
is also targeted by former German Chancellor Schroeder . Because Schroeder spoke out for Putin many times and retained his post on Russian oil company , the German Bundestag also sanctioned Schroeder. At that time, the German Bundestag decided to deprive Schroed of some of his treatment and reserve security personnel and pensions only for Schroeder.
It is not difficult to see that in anti-Russia, Germany has become politically correct, and the result of speaking out for Russia is often a terrible fire, but Merkel did not compromise. In the past few months, Merkel has spoken out many times, such as calling on the United States and Europe not to regard Putin's warning as a bluff, emphasizing that "Without Russia's participation, Europe will not be able to gain stability."
In theory, when Germany is facing inflation and energy crisis at the same time, a large number of German companies are forced to close, the middle and lower-class people in Germany are unable to bear high prices of natural gas, and the United States takes advantage of the EU, German people should expect Merkel to return to the world.
The problem is that according to German polls, the actual situation seems to be the opposite.
Data released by German polling agency Civey shows that although 43% of German people believe that Merkel does better than Scholz , 41% of respondents hold the opposite view. In addition, up to 71% of German people in believe that Merkel should not be the German Chancellor again, and the German people who support Merkel in making a comeback and taking charge of Germany again account for only 23%.
It should be noted that this poll was initiated on November 24, with more than 5,000 respondents. During this period, German people who were dissatisfied with the United States' quarrel against Germany also held a protest march in front of the US Embassy in Germany. Protesters who believed that Germany's energy prices were too high also gathered on the streets of Germany.
However, even in this case, the German people who support Merkel as German Chancellor still account for not much. Why does this happen in
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has at least 3 reasons.
First, Merkel had received a large number of Middle East refugees. At that time, the reason why Merkel made this decision was that from the perspective of humanitarian , Merkel could not bear to see refugees homeless and hungry. Second, Merkel wants to take the opportunity to increase the number of German labor.
But for some German people, Merkel's move is quite a bit "inducing trouble". The United States was the culprit of the refugee crisis in the Middle East, but Germany was the one who paid for it in the end. Merkel's choice made some German people feel incredible.
Second, the sudden outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict changed the view of some German people on Merkel. It is undeniable that Merkel's foreign strategy is very pragmatic. At that time, Merkel ignored the warnings of the United States and insisted on completing the Nord Stream 2, which also received support from the German people.
But at present, as Russia frequently uses natural gas to deter the EU and Germany from rising energy prices pay a heavy price, many German people have chosen to blame Merkel for the problem. These German people believe that if Merkel could prepare for the future in , instead of trusting Russia, Germany might not face such a situation.
For example, Merkel can deepen energy cooperation with the Middle East and North African countries, rather than embracing Russia. Under such circumstances, even if Russia intends to "dead" against Germany, Germany will not be at a loss.
Of course, these are all hindsight. If it were a year or two, who would have thought Putin would take serious action against Ukraine?
Third, is related to the US fanning and the provocation of EU politicians. For the United States, a less united Germany and the European Union is more in line with the interests of the United States.
On the other hand, German politicians who do not want to see Merkel make a comeback will also find ways to prevent Merkel from making a comeback. This is the same as Pelosi targeting Trump .
No matter what, as the Iron Lady who has been in charge of Germany for 16 years, Merkel has made great contributions to Germany and the world. Many German people still believe that Merkel is the most suitable mediator for mediating the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and it is possible that Merkel will come forward to mediate the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. But now, Merkel is indeed not willing and is unlikely to return to German politics.
This is undoubtedly good news for the United States. In the absence of backbone in the EU, it will be easier for the United States to defeat one by one.
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