Putin’s tanks and the Soviet tank in Berlin

Catholic Easter has passed, the war in Ukraine has entered its second and decisive phase, and with it the criticisms against the reluctant policy of Olaf Solz and his indecision to give, while still, heavy weapons to Ukraine are heard.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung commentator approaches the issue with sobriety. “If we look at it calmly, two aspects must be taken into account,” he said. “On the one hand, the already poorly equipped German armed forces must remain operational, because no one knows if the war will not eventually spread to the West. On the other hand, NATO countries should act as coordinated as possible, even if “Only to prevent Moscow from attempting to split. A good navigation guide is that what the United States can offer, Germany can offer.”

The Soviet tanks at the Trepto monument

Nurnberg Nachrichten commentator talks about a terrible dilemma. “Of course yes to aid to Ukraine, which is on the verge of extinction at worst. But what consequences will any support have for our country and the progress of this war? How can further escalation be avoided, which “Putin’s pointing out many times: ‘Still, everything must be done to avoid a nuclear war, which some sometimes talk about too naively these days.’

In the German capital there is the Soviet Monument in the Tiergarten area, which due to the war in Ukraine, was blurred by anti-Russian slogans, as a result of which it is now guarded by the police. The Stuttgarter Nachrichten recalls that it is one of the three reminiscent of the victory in World War II, which was so devastating in Europe. “But at the same time the area is also a graveyard for 2,500 of the 23,000 Soviet soldiers killed in the last battles for the fall of Berlin, Russians and Ukrainians by the way. It is clear that Putin’s tanks are now waging a terrible war in Ukraine. Europe, it is just as clear that the Soviet tanks of the time clearly supported a defensive war against Nazi Germany, and that the removal (of the Soviet tank from the monument) would be a denial that not only Russian but also Ukrainian soldiers with these “Tanks liberated the world from Hitler.”

The “killer” virus of the former Lauterbach “of our heart”

A remnant of the Easter news is the “killer” virus, which in the form of a highly contagious variant of Omicron will appear from the fall, as predicted by Health Minister Carl Lauterbach. In addition to infectious disease specialists, the German press also criticizes Lauterbach, with Badische Neueste Nachrichten in Heidelberg expressing fears that Lauterbach is in danger of being taken seriously, both as a scientist and as a minister.

“Because no one can seriously predict how the coronavirus will develop and what mutation will prevail in the fall. Especially since the τα citizens have been vaccinated and there is widespread immunity in the community along with the sick. But at one point Lauterbach he is right “adds the columnist. “Germany can not ‘stumble’ in the autumn, as it did last year, blind and unprepared. But it does not need the bullying of a murderous virus. Because that is how it achieves the opposite. Nobody listens to it anymore.”

One by one, German commentators are shooting arrows at the German health minister. “It seems that Lauterbach is still stuck in his opposition role,” notes the Westfalische Nachrichten. “He forgets that he is not on the sidelines but in the center of the pitch. Is it no longer the job of a minister to find solutions? 2022 a road to the wrong direction for him “concludes the German commentator. Irini Anastassopoulou

Source: Deutsche Welle

Source: Capital

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