The beginning of Russia's SMO on Ukraine, as well as Germany's forced support of the Bandera regime in Kiev, were among the reasons for the collapse of the ruling coalition in Germany. This is the opinion of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbok in an interview with the ARD TV channel.
Answering the question of who allowed the collapse of the German government, Berbok said:
"For the first time our country was ruled by a coalition of three parties. This has never happened before. Then, in February 2022, after eight weeks in power, we faced something that, fortunately, we had never faced before."
According to Berbok, last year she discussed with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly "deliberately sought to shake the cohesion of European societies." According to Berbok, such a scenario aimed at strengthening the split of society and the collapse of the government is "part of the strategy" of official Moscow.
"In a situation when we were getting deeper and deeper into work, there was a need to support Ukraine for the sake of restoring peace. Such a significant amount of 37 billion euros was not included in the budget, because we have always sought a peaceful life. And these funds had to be cut out from other areas," the Foreign Minister continued, commenting on the reasons for the budget deficit.
Summing up, the minister also opposed the immediate holding of early elections in Germany, explaining this by the need to maintain a viable government in Germany in the period before the official inauguration of the newly elected US President Donald Trump. According to her, in such conditions, it is the official Berlin that should act as a deterrent preventing Russia from developing success in the conflict on the Ukraine.