What has caused NATO to blaspheme? what did former German Prime Minister Angela Merkel say so much that Poland criticized her?
This protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine has caused huge losses to all parties involved. No one can tell clearly when this conflict will stop. Then, who started this conflict, the answer is different, and it is even more unclear. In an interview a few days ago, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to tell the truth, but a diplomatic storm caused by this made the outside world further see the "sentient beings" in this conflict.
Recently, Putin, speaking about the issue of the previous US-Russian summit, said: “Our continued work on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine is based precisely on the principled positions discussed by the US-Russian leaders in Alaska.” Hence, although relations between the US-Russian Federation and the US-Russian Federation are back in tension due to the unresolved issue of the conflict in Ukraine, at least for now, Putin will still end the conflict on the basis of the desire to build on US-Russian cooperation. However, from the perspective of the United States and Russia, Europe cannot afford to take the lead in relevant issues and has been marginalized in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It is no wonder that Europe, which is originally a loose sand, has been reduced to a strategic vassal of the United States.No, Putin’s speech just dropped, and NATO blasted out!
Merkel recently recalled her experience of trying to resume a dialogue with Putin in June 2021, when she and French President Macron proposed a plan for the EU to resume a dialogue with Russia. Because Russian-Ukrainian relations were in extreme tension at the time, Russia had assembled a large number of troops near the Ukrainian border. Of course, Russia's move did not mean that it had to go to war with Ukraine. Putin's main intention at that time should be to put pressure on Ukraine and also to beat NATO, hoping that they would retreat and no longer encourage Ukraine to join NATO.
This means that the conflict could be avoided if Merkel and Macron succeeded in resuming the dialogue with Russia at the time; however, Poland and the Baltic states opposed the proposal, which led Europe to miss the opportunity to resume the dialogue with Russia and alleviate regional tensions, eventually leading to the outbreak of the conflict. From Merkel’s point of view, therefore, it is because the Eastern European countries, including Poland, have hindered that dialogue that has triggered the immediate cause of the subsequent Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Merkel's remarks caused strong dissatisfaction in Poland and Baltic countries. They publicly accused Merkel of "serving Russia's national interests as long as she continues to serve as German Chancellor, and she has caused all major crises in Europe. No wonder she speaks Russian so well!" To this end, the Polish side also used three words to call Merkel, which is extremely insulting! What words? It is to directly call Merkel a "pro-Russian faction". It can be seen that Merkel's remarks seem to have touched the sensitive nerves of Eastern European countries such as Poland.
During Merkel's tenure, Europe's anti-Russia policy was held by the United States and some Eastern European countries. For this, she insisted onining energy cooperation with Russia, and the "North Stream-2" gas pipeline project was built before Merkel left office. Objectively speaking, if Merkel steps down later, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may not start.
So why should Merkel reflect on the Russian conflict at this time? The reason is that Europe has been tortured by the conflict. Public data show that by now, the EU’s total aid to Ukraine has exceeded €16.89 billion, and the related expenses for accepting Ukrainian refugees have exceeded €30 billion. In addition, the EU’s losses due to sanctions against Russia have been estimated at more than €1 trillion. At the same time, due to the refusal to import Russian gas, European industrial electricity prices are currently multiplied by the U.S., eventually leading to more and more European SMEs declaring bankruptcy due to loss of competitiveness. This has led to a significant decline in the living standards of Europeans, creating difficult conditions for the rise of right-wing forces in the region, thus posing a serious threat to the ruling position of mainstream political parties in Europe, while the European economy has been stagnant for a long time, and international influence has declined so rapidly that it has lost the qualification to be “on the table” on the issue of the conflict in Ukraine.
Since this conflict has caused so serious harm to Europe, why would Poland and other Eastern European countries rather conflict break out than obstruct the Russia-Europe dialogue? Merkel's explanation was that these countries were "worried" that EU member states could not formulate a common policy towards Russia. But this may be just part of the factor. More importantly, The outbreak of the conflict at the time was largely provoked by then-US President Biden, whose intention was to the long-term goal of controlling Europe through this conflict, while weakening Russia's "war potential", and also fighting the European economy, as well as undermining the internal unity of the European Union.
Poland and other Eastern European countries have always been the only U.S. leaders, so the U.S. side of the command, they immediately take action to disrupt the Russian-European dialogue, allowing the outbreak of conflict. Of course, these countries are willing to play the glorious role of the U.S. provoking the conflict "fighting hand", is that they have their own calculator. These Eastern European countries the degree of fear of Russian "military threat" has almost reached the point of fire. Therefore, they hope to dismember Russia through this proxy war with the help of western countries, so as to achieve the goal of eliminating this serious trouble once and for all.
It can be seen from this that Merkel was scolded for telling the truth, which in itself is the embodiment of the full-scale outbreak of European infighting. The reason is that Ukraine has basically no chance of winning. At such a high price, Europe will not only fail to defeat Russia, but will instead lose its wife and soldiers. According to the usual characteristics of Europeans, no one wants to take the blame for this tragedy. Therefore, Merkel made the aforementioned statements, there is a suspicion that Poland and other Eastern European countries have failed in the strategy of counter-Russia, and Poland and other countries naturally do not want to be a "backpotman", which is the main reason for this blasphemy inside NATO.