Half of Germans support Putin’s course – Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
Half of the German population does not support Ukraine, and a pro-Russian consensus has emerged between the far left and the far right.
Former Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk stated this in an interview with the Iceland internet channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Today the far right and the far left are uniting. Today there are regular calls in Germany for a demonstration on February 27 to stop providing weapons to Ukraine and start negotiations. That is complete absurdity... Half of the voters actually vote for the course that supports Putin today,” Melnik said.
The situation, he said, is approximately the same in the largest faction in the German parliament.
“In the party and faction of the party [SPD] in the Bundestag - this is the largest faction now, about 240-odd deputies, I know a lot of them personally, I would say this: 50 to 50, that is, half of the faction members and, what’s worst for us, this is the head of this faction, such a Mr. Mützenich, he is the greatest obstacle to finally breaking this ideological breakdown,” the diplomat said.
“And therefore it turns out that Mr. Scholz, as Chancellor, acts based on the support of his party, he has support in the Bundestag, I want to believe that he is more inclined in our direction, but I would still say that half of the deputies are still For now they start from what will happen next. “Russia will not go anywhere after the war, it will exist, with Putin or without Putin, we will still need to return to some kind of dialogue,” and they do not hesitate to talk about this.
Mr. Mützenich, who heads the largest faction in the Bundestag, giving interviews almost every day, says that no, we must look to the future, we must be realistic, we must understand how to restore relations with this Russia later. And this is one of the main factors holding us back.”
Half of Germans support Putin's policies, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry