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Merkel: I had no power to negotiate with Putin before the war in Ukraine

2022-11-24 18:39:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Merkel: I had no power to negotiate with Putin before the war in Ukraine
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The former German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said that she wanted to organize talks between the European side and the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, a year before the invasion of Ukraine. But she said she ultimately saw she didn't have enough power to influence the Russian president as she was at the end of her term.

Merkel said Thursday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron planned to hold talks with Putin at the European Council in 2021, her last year as German chancellor.

"But I no longer had the power to push these things forward because, at the end of the day, everyone knew: she will leave this fall," she told German media outlet Spiegel.

Merkel, who retired from her political career after 16 years in power. After the September 2021 elections in Germany, she officially handed over the job to the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who comes from the ranks of the Social Democrats.

Referring to her farewell visit to Moscow in August 2021, Merkel, who is fluent in Russian, told Spiegel: "The feeling was very clear: 'In terms of power politics, your work has '. For Putin, only power is important," writes Free Europe.

But the former conservative leader, regarding her departure from politics, said that it was "time for a new approach" due to the lack of progress by her government, not only in Ukraine, but also in the conflicts in Moldova. Georgia, Syria and Libya.


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