US EditionMerkel blasted by Baltics, Poland for suggesting they share blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion
- Estonian leaders, including Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, voiced disapproval of Angela Merkel’s statements about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following her public comments reported on October 6, 2025.
- Merkel, in a Friday interview with Hungarian outlet Partizán, suggested Poland and the Baltic states influenced the suspension of EU peace initiatives with Russia, attributing divisions to their fear of lacking a common Russia policy.
- Representatives from Poland, the Baltic nations, and others publicly rejected Merkel’s claims, arguing Moscow alone bears responsibility for aggression and refuting shared blame for the conflict.
- Marko Mihkelson, chairman of Estonia’s Foreign Affairs Committee, criticized Merkel’s statements, describing them as a disappointing low, and accused her of shifting responsibility onto Poland and the Baltic countries for provoking Russia’s aggressive actions.
- These exchanges highlight lingering tensions in Europe over responsibility for diplomatic failures and may strain relations between Germany and several Eastern EU members.
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The 71-year-old said that in 2021 Poland and the Baltic states had blocked "direct talks" with Russia's President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine conflict and gave this "fear of Putin" a co-inflict for the outbreak of the war. Poland's former defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak described Merkel's statements as "dumb and harmful." The country's former prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was also indignant: "Angela Merkel's ill-considered intervie…
With an interview for a Hungarian internet portal, the former German Chancellor in Poland triggers storms of indignation. These are unfounded in the light of Angela Merkel's words. Nevertheless, the question arises as to what caused her appeal to Putin.
The former chancellor claimed that if the EU negotiates with Russia in 2021, Putin will not attack Ukraine. According to him, these negotiations were opposed by Poland and the Baltic states. In Warsaw, this is considered an unacceptable accusation against Poland.
Merkel, who is increasingly active in public again, recently stated that "a more sensible attitude towards Moscow in the years before 2022" might prevent an escalation of the conflict.
The former Chancellor interviewed in Hungary: "I and the French wanted to talk to Vladimir Putin, they opposed it.Then the pandemic made it impossible to see each other: the Tsar feared the contagion."When they retire, politicians learn something new: to tell the truth. Angela Merkel just told ...
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