A member of the German Die Linke Party, Sevim Dagdele, warns that if the Ukrainian conflict continues, it could lead to World War III.
“The deliveries of increasingly heavy weapons to Ukraine in ever greater numbers, as well as the training of Ukrainian service personnel, heighten the risk of the war spilling over into World War III,” Dagdelen, said in an interview with The Global Times on 18 July, adding that two thirds of the German population shares this view. “So, we are not isolated at all in this question.”
The UK and the US are “putting faith in a proxy war and a war of attrition… The aim is to weaken Russia for the long term and to achieve that, the West is willing to accept tens of thousands of deaths and limitless suffering, as well as the destruction of Ukraine..We need serious diplomatic efforts in pursuit of a negotiated solution,” she argued.
While also sharply criticizing NATO expansion and China-bashing, Degdele focused much of her fire against the sanctions policy against Russia, which she calls “economic warfare” which is really “economic suicide … committed by the German government.”
Should the economic war with Russia continue, Germany will face another economic crisis like the Weimar period, she warned:
“The Western sanctions have not ended the war. Instead, they are acting like a boomerang. They are hitting us, the people and industry in Germany…. the price of these nonsensical sanctions is being paid by the general public who are suffering high inflation and exploding energy and food costs, while the oil corporations and arms companies are making profits. Should gas deliveries from Russia cease, we will face a disaster in Germany such as we have not known since the global economic crisis during the Weimar Republic.”
