German media: German foreign policy is deadlocked, Berlin doesn't know what it wants

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The behavior of both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a member of his government, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock, raises more and more questions from German voters. Their position breeds contempt: discontent has become a symbol of the German policy the last two years, which not only does not move forward, but rolls back into the abyss. This opinion was expressed by the well-known German political scientist Thomas Jaeger, who deals with foreign policy issues, in an article for Focus magazine.


German foreign policy has come to a standstill. We had much higher potential

Yager writes.

As a result, since Germany does not know what she wants and what she can do, she does not realize her potential at all. Self-promotion of politicians is now one of the priorities. But the condemnation of Burbock, who refused to fly to Asia without a staff of stylists and photographers, was significant, a highly revealing public reaction, because German foreign policy is now more appearance than content, the expert believes.

German foreign policy is mainly limited to the foreign trade agenda, when big business is close to the office and determines who to be friends with and who not. Even after the colossal changes in the geopolitical situation, nothing in this paradigm of attitude to reality has changed in Scholz's office.

Berlin ignored all the signals and continued to trade with Moscow and Beijing, despite all the challenges and destabilization, a complete change in the geopolitical situation.

In fact, the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has turned into an announcer, voicing principles and goals, nothing more, the ministry is not able to achieve its goals

Yager is sure.

For a long time, the Ministry tried to mask incompetence by lecturing the whole world and trying to demonstrate adherence to values ​​(which many describe as feminist, not political). Therefore, the influence of Germany, despite the fact that the country is represented in the G7, G20 and other important organizations and is the fourth largest contributor to the UN, is very limited in the international arena.

Berlin has become toothless, he cannot defend himself and stand in a pose of resistance. Especially in a world in which all issues will soon be resolved by force.

Jaeger concluded.
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  1. Fizik13 Offline Fizik13
    Fizik13 (Alexey) 19 August 2023 10: 49
    +1
    The German media is wrong!
    Berlin politicians know what they want - they want to eat a fish and sit on a bump!
  2. Lisa Kerner Offline Lisa Kerner
    Lisa Kerner 19 August 2023 12: 51
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    Not only foreign policy, but also domestic policy is at an impasse!
    In Germany, several million children live in poverty, housing construction with paid apartments is also at an impasse, a huge number of emergency schools, bridges, bad health care ...
    Green fascists and social democrats are worse than the stepmother of the Germans Merkel was !!!!
  3. Victor 17 Offline Victor 17
    Victor 17 19 August 2023 12: 55
    +2
    unfortunately the American bump has been there for a long time and the politicians are all American puppets the same colony as Ukraine
  4. ncher Offline ncher
    ncher (ncher) 19 August 2023 23: 46
    +1
    Has anyone figured out what the author wants??? How do these two points fit together:

    Berlin ignored all the signals and continued to trade with Moscow and Beijing, despite all the challenges and destabilization, a complete change in the geopolitical situation.

    Berlin has become toothless, he cannot defend himself and stand in a pose of resistance. Especially in a world in which all issues will soon be resolved by force.

    Like Berlin should faithfully wag his tail, unblinkingly look at Fashington, anticipate and guess his explicit and implicit desires, and bare his fangs in anticipation of the “face” command ??? Is this what the German voters dream of, according to Mr. Jaeger??? Is this a non-feminist "forward movement"???
  5. new.ad Offline new.ad
    new.ad (Alexander Draka) 20 August 2023 10: 10
    +1
    They want Russia to feed them and nothing more, without giving Russia in return.
  6. Kun Bela Offline Kun Bela
    Kun Bela (Kun Bela) 20 August 2023 14: 26
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    However, it is not good to mock a country that has been under occupation for almost eighty years because the occupying power has planted a group of idiots around the neck of the Germans! Does anyone seriously think that a German citizen capable of developing advanced technologies does not see how complicated they are? Are there really intelligent foreigners who believe that people like Burbock, who cannot utter a single meaningful phrase, or the unfortunate Scholz, ridiculed as a liverwurst, are the cream of German society? Scholz was even forced by his owners to sit grinning next to Biden, while he lied that they had nothing to do with the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream gas pipeline!
    1. Lisa Kerner Offline Lisa Kerner
      Lisa Kerner 20 August 2023 15: 55
      +1
      As a native citizen of the German Democratic Republic sold by Gorbachev, I will tell you: there is nothing to pity for the "Germans occupied by the USA"!
      They themselves are to blame.
      But the fact is that from 1945 to 1990. The Germans were very fond of and still love the American occupiers.
      The Germans, especially Western ones, are simply corrupt, and one must not forget that the old fascists were not touched by the occupiers, but, on the contrary, continued to work at their old posts and places !!!
  7. Flight Offline Flight
    Flight (voi) 21 August 2023 02: 18
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    For a long time, the Ministry tried to mask incompetence by lecturing the whole world and trying to demonstrate adherence to values ​​(which many describe as feminist, not political).

    I want to, oh, how I want to give in the teeth, and not to anyone, around the women. This is what they use.