“Western allies can work around toxic decision-making in small countries such as Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia. But Germany is too big to ignore”, writes Edward Lucas, non-resident Senior Fellow and Senior Adviser at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
Calling Germany “the weakest link” of its allies, Lucas claims that the country “clearly needs a new security policy”.
“Ukrainians and their friends are justifiably furious about all this. The Zeitenwende [seachange] that the German leader announced after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 has proved deeply disappointing.”
In Germany we have the proverb “the fish stinks from the head” and in this case, it’s fits since Scholz is a terrible leader in a time of multiple crises. Habeck acts more like I would expect a chancellor to act, while only being Minister of Economy.