The party regrets that it did not distance itself from the Putin system earlier.
The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) said that pursued the wrong policy towards the Russian dictator Putin.
The publication informs about this n-tv.
During the party conference, the leader of the political force Lars Klingbeil about the mistake that the party did not distance itself before the Putin system.
Klingbeil stated that at present we are talking about organizing security against Russia and Germany will firmly stand on the side of Ukraine, which is being subjected to aggression from the Russian Federation.
In turn, the head of the SPD faction in the Bundestag, Rolf Mützenich, admitted that he “completely underestimated” Putin’s imperial thinking.
At the same time, Mützenich opposed discrediting the policy of “détente” that existed earlier. According to him, it is “shameful” to put it “on a par with the war of aggression” against Ukraine. He also repeated his call to use diplomatic opportunities to end conflicts.
Russia's war against Ukraine shows “that we have not always correctly assessed the events of recent years,” says a key proposal presented by the party leadership. Following the assumption that stronger economic ties would promote democratization in Russia was a “mistake.” This led to Germany “becoming unilaterally dependent on Russia in terms of energy policy.”
“As long as Russia pursues its imperialist goal of conquest and suppression of sovereign states, there can be no normalization of relations with Russia,” the proposal emphasizes.
In addition to expanding the internal market and strengthening social Europe, it is also important “that the European Union overcomes ineffective and ineffective fragmentation in its defense policy and in its arms sectors.” As for Eastern European policy, according to the SPD document, it is important to “create conditions for the speedy admission of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.” To preserve Europe's ability to act, the EU must also “move away from the principle of unanimity” in foreign policy, say Social Democrats.
Recall that it was previously reported that the British Foreign Minister compared modern Russia with Nazi Germany.
In addition, we previously reported that the White House reacted to Putin’s participation in the elections.
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