Rolf Mützenich, the leader of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD or Social Democratic Party of Germany) in the Bundestag, suggested during a debate earlier to consider “freezing” the war in Ukraine. The suggestion was met with criticism from Mützenich’s associates.
Source: European Pravda, citing Deutsche Welle (DW), a German international broadcaster and media outlet
Details: In particular, Mützenich sharply criticised the supporters of providing Ukraine with Taurus long-range missiles and said: “Isn’t it time not only to discuss how to wage war but also to think about how to freeze the war and end it later?”
Afterwards, the chair of the Bundestag Defence Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, said she was shocked by Mützenich’s remarks.
“Such a view of Russia’s aggressive war would mean a paradigm shift,” she believes.
Strack-Zimmermann added that Ukraine has been assured of support in defending itself against Russia, and while Mützenich is now speaking on behalf of the SPD, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party is obviously moving away from the “change of epochs” proclaimed by the chancellor, which should be thoroughly discussed within the coalition.
In his turn, Anton Hofreiter, a foreign policy expert of the Green Party, accused Mützenich of being naive.
“I believe that the SPD, in its naivety, has not realised that it takes two to negotiate. Namely, not only the victim but also the aggressor must be ready to negotiate,” Tagesspiegel quoted the lawmaker as saying.
Hofreiter believes that with his remarks, Mützenich is attempting to derail the chances of negotiations by pursuing a strategy aimed at freezing the conflict.
“In this way, he is achieving the exact opposite of what he claims to want to achieve, namely, ending the war,” the lawmaker added.
At the same time, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit, when asked to comment on Mützenich’s remarks, noted that the government does not assess statements made in parliament.
Meanwhile, he stressed that Germany supports Ukraine “in its defence against the Russian aggressor with everything we can take responsibility for”.
“That is still in effect,” the spokesman added.
Background:
- Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of unwavering support amid the blocking of Taurus shipments.
- Scholz also rejected the idea of swapping missiles with the UK to provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/03/15/7446684
Instead of freezing the war, investigate this Mützenich for rubles in his bank account.
Freezing the war has already been tried. It didn’t work. Words have no value to the rashists, nor do they have any regard for the rule of law.
Let’s put this guy in a freezer for a few days.
^bert
We had that already, it only made things worse. Either one side wins or there will be a peace-deal which would include Ukraine’s Nato membership. Schröder’s SPD is just as rotten as Blair’s Labor Party.
Muetzenich belongs to SPD’s pacifist wing and thus is totally useless in times of conflict. For these daydreamers, even overly cautious Olaf Scholz is a dangerous warmongerer. Sadly, this ignorant loony is chairman of his party’s caucus in Bundestag and has a lot of influence. He can’t retire soon enough, Social Democrats urgently need more realistic leadership! 😐
As I recall, the SPD is a dying party, or? If so, that is a good thing. They have too many daydreamers in the party. Of course, the AfD and Die Linke should disappear first.
If i were a german, i would vote AfD. Germany has become an islamized criminal toilet. My sister always carries pepper spray on her way to work. 😡
I agree that we shouldn’t have let so many people come from Muslim countries in Europe.
I even admit that I have been too tolerant towards immigration in my life, especially all this pro-Palestina and anti-Semitic shite really opened up my eyes.
Still I think most are good people, but even when 10% is bad and you let in a million people, there will be 100.000 bad guys.
But Germany is by no means a very scary place.
Sure, I am a guy. But if you think Germany is a dangerous place, then I have bad news for you: 99% or so of the world is more dangerous than Germany!
If Germany scares you, I recommended to live in a nuclear bunker.
^bert
Blah, blah, blah, leftist farting and burp!
Crime statistics don’t lie: The US are way more dangerous than Germany. Too many highly aggressive nutcases in the US.
So, you’d replace one evil with a worse evil … I see…
I love you, Frank! 😂
Budmo, Mike! 🍺🍺
The SPD is in a crisis, thanks to the lack of leadership by Scholz, but the ole red lady of German politics is not done yet. Die Linke, on the other hand, won’t survive the next election, after the Wagenknecht fanclub has started their own party.
Wagenknecht is one of those politicians who would be better off moving to moscow, where her favorite mass murderers live. Like other radicals without a conscience, she’s a danger to Germany and Europe.