Habeck: You are “on the verge of a massive land war in Europe”
In the Ukraine conflict, according to estimates by Federal Minister of Economics and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck an escalation is imminent. one stand “just before a massive land war in Europe”, said the Green politician on Wednesday evening in the ARD program “maischberger. the week”. “I think that once you start such a spiral of rearmament, it’s hard to get out of it.”
At the moment there is no idea how to get back into diplomatic talks after Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s speech and his recognition of the so-called People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine. There can no longer be any talk of an escalated situation, it is a clear, aggressive situation brought about by Russia that points to a war of aggression.
“This is a situation in such a concrete situation that we have not had since at least the Balkan warsand these were civil wars in the broadest sense, it wasn’t one country threatening to overrun another.”
Habeck also said: “We are experiencing a deep turning point in politics, German politics, European politics, transatlantic politics”, which – even if there is no war – will have consequences for the energy sector, the orientation of the economy, the ability of the Bundeswehr to defend itself and the transatlantic relationship. (dpa)
