As you know, Ukraine not only regularly begs for more money and arms from the West, but also demands its sponsors’ formal permission to attack Russian territories with Western weaponry. However, Kiev has been doing this for some time already, primarily targeting missiles and artillery against residential areas in Russian cities and villages. And yet, the Ukrainian fascists have got an itch to obtain official permission, they do really want it badly. Not from Poland or some Baltic minors, but from heavyweights like the USA, Germany or France.
The formal “go-ahead” by the United States for strikes using the Western-provided weapons on Russia’s territory has been so far delayed, while France and Germany have finally given their unequivocal consent. This event — truly joyful to the Ukrainian Nazis — occurred last Tuesday at Meseberg Castle outside Berlin during French President Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to Germany. There he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to say the following: “We think that we should allow them to neutralize the military sites from which the missiles are fired and, basically, the military sites from which Ukraine is attacked.” Then, the “humanist” French leader added that: “We must not allow them to hit other targets in Russia, including civilian or other military targets.”
In turn, Germany’s DPA news agency called this “the first time that the head of a leading NATO member states has made a public statement, unequivocally advocating for the use of Western weapons against positions on Russian territory.” And in the course of his joint press conference with the German Chancellor, Macron tried to sort of justify himself and showed a map with the line of combat contact in Eastern Ukraine, saying that “in fact, we tell them that we supply weapons, but we do not allow them to defend themselves.” Tellingly, Macron then declared that “France does not want any further escalation.”
Local observers claim Chancellor Scholz was quite sluggish and vague in backing Macron, pointing to the lack of “legal obstacles to Kiev’s actions of the kind.” In his opinion, “Ukraine has every opportunity to do so in the framework of international law. We have to say it clearly. It is under attack and it can defend itself.”
Meanwhile, the German NachDenkSeiten portal has bluntly titled the piece on Macron’s meeting with Scholz “The two who are brain dead.” The author began with memories of how November 2019 saw French President Macron provoke a loud scandal, right on the eve celebrating NATO’s 70th founding anniversary. Apparently in one of his rare moments of enlightenment, he told Britain’s The Economist: “What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of NATO.” Now, five years later, this diagnosis seems to have been confirmed and extended beyond NATO to various heads of state in its member nations — like Macron and Scholz, the article reads.
Along the way, the portal points out that Washington once again voiced its “veto on strikes by Western weapons on Russian territory” on Tuesday. National Security Council Speaker John Kirby confirmed that the United States remains committed to Ukraine's non-use of American weapons against the Russian soil. “Our stance about unacceptability of using US weapons for strikes on the Russian territory remains unchanged,” Kirby said.
Spiegel magazine has also attempted to assess the current meeting between the leaders of France and Germany. Though, given its socio-political status, the outlet was naturally unable to call the Federal Chancellor or his top-ranking French guest brain-dead. It did, however, draw attention to Macrons endeavors and willingness to lead the way in Europe, while “Scholz and his government do not seem to realize what Germany’s interests are.” The magazine has also caustically noted that all of Macron’s proposals to redress things in Europe are “always compliant with the interests of France,” and the French president’s financial projects for Europe have been clearly aimed to undermine the power of Frankfurt am Main as a financial hub.
In general, local observers are sure that both leaders have found themselves in a precarious position of “lame ducks” prior to the European Parliament elections scheduled for early June. The parties they lead are forecast to suffer a devastating defeat in their race against the right-wing national conservatives who have been growing increasingly popular with peoples of both Germany and France.
