"The West could help Ukraine win the war today": key from an interview with potential German Chancellor Merz

To spread: the future Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz is convinced that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will not be able to win the war against Ukraine. The politician also reproaches Western countries for providing insufficient support and assistance to Ukraine. The Head of the German Party of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) told this in an interview with Haddelsblatt. Merz is convinced that Ukraine will not be able to become a member of the European Union and NATO as a war is underway.

According to the future Chancellor of Germany, Ukraine is "a very big European country, but it is a European country that is at war. " "The country of war cannot become a member of NATO or the European Union. However, the promise given to Ukraine for accession to the EU is true, as is the prospect of joining NATO. But both these events occur, the war must end at first," the CDU head emphasized.

Merz also believes that at some time the war will not "end with itself" due to the depletion of the Russian Federation or a political reaction against the Kremlin regime. "I have read a lot of reports on the economic situation in Russia. The Russian people throughout its history have been incredibly endured. The ruthless destruction of people has always been part of Russian politics.

In this regard, it is not too much hope that the war at some point will be resolved by itself, because the country is already undergraduate. " The future Chancellor of Germany is convinced that in the issue of peace is "in the hands of President of the Russian Federation Putin", and Putin must understand that "he has no chance of winning this war by the military. " "In my opinion, we had to give Ukraine a stronger support from the very beginning.

At that time, the war could end at least today," he explained. The politician also added that his office will start work on May 6. In Germany's foreign policy, the new chancellor team will pay attention to cooperation with a number of countries, including the US and Donald Trump. Merz notes that Trump "is not always right at some moments.

" However, the politician adds that it is the problems in Germany and the EU that has led to the fact that there are serious problems in Germany, in particular, and about the probable opposition of the Russian Federation "we have done too little for our defense over the last few decades. And in fact, for a very long time, they have been" unbeliners "in Americans. But now the situation has changed, and we have.