30 August 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that Russia is systematically attacking German infrastructure and destabilising large parts of the country.
Source: Merz in an interview with the French TV channel LCI following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Toulon
Details: Merz emphasised that Russian leader Vladimir Putin attacks Germany’s infrastructure daily and seeks to influence public opinion, including via social media.
“Putin is destabilising large parts of our country. He is interfering everywhere,” the chancellor noted.
“So, we are already in conflict with Russia,” added the German government leader.
He said that Putin does not feel threatened by NATO and therefore attacks democracies. He stressed that Russian aggression goes beyond territorial claims.
Quote: “Putin no longer respects any international agreements. In this new period, in this new world, we are facing heads of state who are no longer willing to abide by the shared rules of international law. This is not just Putin. The same applies to Xi Jinping in China. The same goes for North Korea.”
Details: Asked by the interviewer whether the chancellor has Putin’s phone number, Merz replied that diplomacy merely provokes the Russian leader into further aggression against civilians.
Quote: “I could call Putin at any time if I wanted to. In fact, I would do so if I thought it could shift the situation in the right direction. But today, every diplomatic effort we have made has only provoked even greater attacks on civilians. So we speak less.”
Details: The German leader said that the world will have to contend with Putin’s Russia for many years.
Quote: “We all hope that one day we will again be good neighbours with the Russians. But, unfortunately, today we are very, very far from that. I would say that we must say ‘no’ to this Putin regime and everything connected to it – the oligarchs, this kleptocracy that has seized the state – and fight against it. I think we will be dealing with this authoritarian regime for many years to come.”
Background:
- French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the restoration of close ties between Paris and Berlin when he received German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at his summer residence on Thursday.
- The leaders of France and Germany promised to intensify pressure on Russia to force it to end its full-scale aggression against Ukraine and pledged to provide Ukraine with “additional air defence capabilities”, though they did not specify which ones.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/08/30/7528518
“German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that Russia is systematically attacking German infrastructure and destabilising large parts of the country.”
This is nothing new. Germany’s leaders have been very weak and cowardly, and Merz seems to be hardly any better.
Send the damned Taurus to Ukraine as a strong signal to the mafia state and a big fat middle finger. Pathetic and useless talk won’t help a damned thing.
The weakness of democracies vs totalitarian shitholes is the election cycle : they all have to plan for the needs of their voter base. Always things like infrastructure, healthcare, tax and jobs dominate.
Military matters are constantly being kicked into touch.
Take the UK for example: post WW2 we had the third biggest military in the world : 3.5 million men and women in the three main services.
Labour govts just kept chipping away at that and putting hundreds of £billions into something we did not want or need : the sprawling socialist welfare state, which we are all now stuck with. It exists for the benefit of its millions of employees; 90% of which are Labour voters.
The failure of all parties to deal with the invasion of dangerous, women-hating criminal scum from primitive cultures has led to the emergence across Europe of far right parties affiliated to the putinaZis.
What is now needed urgently is an army sourced from countries that are opposed to putinaZi imperialism.
Initially it needs to be at least 10 divisions and then needs to grow exponentially.
It should be incorporated into Ukraines armed forces, which would form its senior service.
Unfortunately the United States of Krasnovia is not going to be a member for some years.
“Putin no longer respects any international agreements. In this new period, in this new world, we are facing heads of state who are no longer willing to abide by the shared rules of international law. This is not just Putin. The same applies to Xi Jinping in China. The same goes for North Korea.”
If there are no longer any international agreements, then there is nothing to stop Germany from blitzing mafia land with a Taurus strike. Add France and the UK to that, and mafia land would be in one hell of a mess. Of course, all this needs a spine, not empty words, and a leader to follow.