“Die Lage – International”
Expert Mölling about Ukraine: Germany must not become a free -rider
Expert Christian Mölling considers a meeting between Putin and Selenskyj to be “extremely unlikely”. Rather, the peace talks were in an endless loop.
Is there a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Wolodymyr Selenskyj? US President Donald Trump had promised this on Monday after talks with both sides. “I think that is extremely unlikely,” says political scientist Christian Mölling in the current episode of “Die Lage – International”, a podcast of the star.
Putin’s “charm offensive” only uses one
Mölling sees the conversations about peace in Ukraine in an “endless loop”. “The whole discussion that we are now on for security guarantees and such, we already had everything.”
This is particularly important to the Russian president: “What Putin has achieved with his charm offensive is that the topic of sanctions is now off the table, “he said in allusion to statements Putin In a phone call with Trump that he is “open” for a meeting. He then had this relativized by his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrow. Such a meeting must “gradually be prepared,” said Lawrow. From the European side, suggestions for the meeting place had previously been made, in Switzerland or in Budapest, for example.
Mölling: It will not work without a military presence
If there is an agreement with Russia at some point, Mölling, who works as a senior advisor at the Brussels “European Policy Center”, considers a securing of military presence from foreign soldiers to be essential.
“Russia broke everything that has been contractually and politically determined in Europe”, said Mölling. You would therefore have to “put it off militarily”.
NATO has to do that now
A prerequisite for effective security guarantees is a “defense plan for Ukraine”, which NATO must now design. If there is an agreement with military security, the Bundeswehr will have to participate. “I think we really don’t have the choice,” said Mölling. “Because that would mean again that we promise that we would be free -riders in European security.” And that would be “fatal”.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
