Willy Wimmer, former Bundestag member and former vice president of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), gave an interview to Sputnik, published today. He responded to a question as to why British diplomats are pushing their European counterparts towards a further escalation of the crisis in Ukraine, and what does Britain stand to gain?
“It is obvious that London is pursuing the policy of ‘Global Britain.’ They will continue with their policy, which in the last 300 years was very effective in controlling the continent and large parts of the globe and make use of foreign potential for their own purpose. They strictly follow the Anglo-Saxon target not to have cooperation between Russia and Germany on the continent and they do their utmost in cooperation with governments in the Baltic states and elsewhere.
“At the beginning of the actual stage in Europe was the French-German proposal in the EU, to have a summit meeting of the EU with Russia. This proposal failed because of the ‘usual suspects’ and their supporters outside the EU. The idea is to have either ‘unconditional surrender’ by Russia, to throw Russia out of Europe or have a bunch of states instead of Russia,” he replied.
He characterized Liz Truss’s claim that, as Prime Minister, she would be ready to fight a nuclear war, as constituting “a ‘present danger’ to peace and security. The people in Western European countries cannot understand why there is no effort by our governments to ‘end hostilities,’ to stop the bloodshed and bring about peace.”
Sputnik asked him whether EU leaders would bow to British pressure. “After all, French President Macron already described soaring inflation and food prices as ‘the cost of freedom.’” Wimmer emphasized: “French President Macron said many things … especially after his meeting with President Putin in Moscow at the beginning of this year. … [He] was outspoken about the right of Russia to get answers on the questions on security they rightfully had and still have. … The situation still is that there are no answers. We all know that things have to be solved between Washington and Moscow, perhaps with support of EU-Europeans.
Sputnik followed up by asking, “how sustainable is it for European countries to increase their support to Ukraine?” with Wimmer stating, “Ukraine seems to be the graveyard for Europe’s future as a continent of good neighbors….”
Wimmer concluded his remarks to Sputnik with the argument that “There is only one idea that matters: give peace a chance. I served as the German Minister of Defense during the last Cold War NATO exercise in the spring of 1989, before unification. The war game was conventional and nuclear. Nothing in Europe was left standing after the exercise. Without peace in Europe, none of us has a future.” (https://sputniknews.com/20220824/ex-osce-vice-pres-uk-policies-amid-ukrainian-conflict-aimed-at-preventing-russo-german-cooperation-1099956287.html)
