The sudden occurrence of the Nord Stream incident caused the situation to become increasingly tense, but European countries failed to make an idea. Seeing this, former German Prime Minister Merkel , who has not been concerned about political affairs for a long time, made a rare public appearance. calls on Western countries to "take serious attention" to Russian President Putin 's recent speech.
According to German ZDF TV 2, at the opening ceremony of the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Foundation, Merkel said that Putin's words deserve to be taken seriously and should not be ignored selectively.
Merkel stressed that this is not weakness or compromise, but a political wisdom that helps preserve the space for maneuvering. Merkel said that if Kohl came to deal with this matter, he would definitely ensure that Ukraine's territorial requirements were guaranteed and that his relations with Russia would be properly treated.
Regarding Merkel's warning, Russian media believed that she was targeting Putin's statement when he recently announced the implementation of a "partial mobilization order" in China. At that time, Putin claimed that when Russian territory was threatened, "does not rule out the use of all means" to defend national security.
Western media have noticed Putin's speech, and interprets it as Russia's intention to use nuclear means. Perhaps it is because of the Russian military's performance over the past six months that European countries have contemptuously expressed their contempt. Therefore, the general reaction of Western countries to Putin's speech is that they do not take it seriously.
It has to be said that Merkel, who has stepped down, has a more sensitive political sense than Western politicians. She realized that the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is at a very delicate juncture. If countries are not careful, a bigger crisis may break out.
The situation is already very serious as Merkel saw, because at least three forces in are pushing the escalation of the situation in Ukraine : 1. Western countries continue to "transfusion" blood to Ukraine; 2. Ukrainian troops, which have received a large number of Western weapons, intending to prove themselves on the battlefield; 3. The United States has been fanning the flames behind the scenes, intending to arouse greater contradictions.
Faced with this situation, Putin implemented a "partial mobilization order" with an intention to recruit 300,000 reserve troops . The development of things gradually becomes no longer within the control of the West.
Before this, the United States felt that it could be separated by a large ocean and aid a little weapon, so it dragged Russia into the quagmire. European countries believe that although they have been affected economically, the war is limited to Ukraine after all, and everything is acceptable. But now, the original ideas of the United States and Europe are gradually becoming invalid.
Just imagine, is Ukraine still able to withstand the entry of the new Russian army? So how should Western countries respond? If we just increase the assistance, the effect may not be obvious. It is unlikely that the West will end up in person, not to mention that the West has launched a large-scale assistance, originally trying to "fight to the last Ukrainian ".
In his speech, Putin said, "Be prepared to use all means", which is actually a "last spy" warning to the West. If Western countries deliberately pretend to be confused, they will only suffer the consequences.
Merkel realized that the situation was not good, so he called out to all countries. But under the hostage of the so-called "political correctness", European countries, including Germany, may not necessarily obey her opinions, and the entire Western world will fall into a greater dilemma this time.
First of all, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will further divide the Western world. There is a very important reason why Western countries can occupy an important voice internationally is that countries always speak with one voice. But as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, the Western world gradually divides the two voices of the United States and Europe.
Putin's recent speech will make the West more divided. Because after the four places in eastern Ukraine entered Russia, it became Russian territory. Western media believe that what Putin said "will use all means" means using nuclear weapon to maintain territorial integrity, which has made many Western countries difficult. How to face this problem will be divided between the United States and Europe.
Secondly, EU will lose its original geopolitical advantages and become increasingly mediocre. Before 2022, the EU is also considered one of the three major geopolitical forces in the world. However, after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the EU was gradually marginalized and its international influence became smaller and smaller.
As the conflict continues, EU countries are constantly being weakened. Especially the impact of the war has caused the EU to fall into a food and energy crisis. Due to power shortage, serious problems have occurred in the EU's industrial production, and many large enterprises have accelerated the transfer of the industrial chain.
According to public data, in the first eight months of 2022, EU investment in China soared by 123.7% year-on-year. If this continues, the EU will become an insignificant regional economic cooperation organization in no time.
Finally, the United States will gradually lose its leadership position in the Western world. In the past, the United States considered itself the leader of the Western world for granted, and European countries have always been willing to follow the United States. But now, the role of the United States in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has brought its leadership to question.
has several reasons for this situation. First, the United States has failed to take the initiative to assume its "leadership responsibility" on the battlefield of Ukraine as European countries have expected; second, the United States has set up traps for the EU everywhere, causing European countries to suffer great losses, and Europeans are full of resentment towards the United States; third, Europeans no longer believe that the United States still has the ability to ensure the security of Europe.
In addition, the United States made a fortune when Europe was facing an energy crisis, which also planted the root of disaster for itself. Americans still think they have taken a big advantage, but what they don’t realize is that this practice of forgetting justice has dealt a heavy blow to their national reputation and international status. After
, the United States is probably becoming increasingly difficult to control Europe. It has lost Europe's support. Not to mention maintaining its world hegemony, the United States will not even maintain its position as the co-dominant of the West.
When internal relations in the Western world are already in jeopardy, Putin's recent big moves undoubtedly added a new test to Western countries.
It can be said that although the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in puts Russia under a lot of pressure, this conflict has also greatly changed the Western world.
In a sense, Russia fired the first shot to challenge Western hegemony . A world order that rose by colonial expansion is about to collapse, and a new world order has risen.
