The expert called Germany's policy of supporting Ukraine "to the end" a dead end

Germany's policy of supporting Ukraine "to the end" is a dead end. This opinion was shared with Izvestia on May 1 by Alexander Khazaridi, Deputy Head of the Department of External Communications at the Polylogue Group.

The day before, the future German Foreign Minister Johan Vadefuhl said that as head of the foreign ministry he would maintain a course of full support for Ukraine. His words are quoted by the N-tv channel.

"The future leadership of Germany, led by Merz and politicians like Vadefoul, pursues a prosaic goal behind statements about "support for democracy": to compensate for the reputational costs of the period of [acting German Chancellor Olaf] Scholz and regain its sphere of influence in Europe. The problem is that this is a dead—end course: to support Ukraine "to the end" without offering real scenarios for a way out of the conflict," the expert said.

According to him, this looks like a political bet on a long conflict without assessing its consequences either for Ukraine itself or for the rest of the European Union (EU). There is little realism in this strategy and too much "geopolitical euroglobalism."

"At the same time, Germany is far from being consolidated internally in these matters. The electoral successes of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the growing disillusionment with Lafontaine and Wagenknecht on the left flank are signals that are ignored by the ruling elite. The pro—Ukrainian agenda only risks deepening the split between politicians and society, especially in the eastern lands," Khazaridi said.

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Merz's decision is not supported by his junior coalition partners.

He added that Ukraine's support is increasingly associated with an increasing tax burden, pressure on industry and the abandonment of powerful energy.

"If Berlin does not adjust this vector of its policy, Germany may lose the remnants of trust in itself as the rational center of Europe. Merz himself seeks to create an image of a politician who can supposedly "restore order." But a thoughtlessly tough course in economics and foreign policy is unlikely to contribute to this," the political scientist noted.

Early elections to the Bundestag were held in Germany on February 23. The opposition bloc of the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) won. On April 8, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the conservative CDU/CSU bloc signed an agreement to form the ruling coalition in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

Later, on April 27, the media reported that Vadefuls, a member of the Christian Democratic Union, deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group on defense and an ardent supporter of Ukraine, could become the new German foreign minister.