Europe lives “in an emergency“It’s literally a matter of life and death,” he said Olaf Solts In an interview with Stern magazine, he stressed that “many in the Kremlin still do not realize that the situation will have catastrophic consequences for Russia.”
He warns in a dramatic tone about the danger of its nuclear escalation war in Ukraine.
Referring to the potential of Russian nuclear weapons and the threats of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, The chancellor stressed that “in view of the war, everything must be taken into account and we must not have illusions about Putin.” It’s the German government’s job, he says, to prevent the use of such weapons.
“This is why decisions require a vigilant mind. We must not act hastily, in the hope that things will not be so bad. “But it’s literally a matter of life and death,” said Olaf Soltz. Many, he points out, fear that the war will spread to EU countries.
In the same interview, the chancellor promises once again that Ukraine will have German support until the complete withdrawal of Russian troops and stresses that Ukraine itself will decide to lift sanctions imposed on Russia. “Only Ukraine will negotiate peace with Russia, no one else. The real problem, however, is that we are still far from that. “But no one else will decide on behalf of Ukraine.” “The fact that the Ukrainian people are united against the invader is a great state achievement for President Zelensky,” he said.
In the interview, Olaf Soltz once again distances himself from his predecessor Gerhard Schroeder, emphasizing that he has “neither communication nor relationship” with him. “He has a life of his own and this life is peculiar,” he said, referring to the former chancellor’s relationship with the Russian regime.
Asked if he would refuse military service again today and choose alternative social service, as he did in the 1980s, when he served 16 months without a gun in a nursing home, Mr Soltz said no. “Definitely not. “Today I see things differently”, he admits and reminds that as an MP he is “convinced” to approve many foreign missions of the German armed forces. “I could not do that if I had the same ideas I had 20 years ago,” he says.
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