Anyone visiting the German capital these days will certainly be surprised by the abundance of Ukrainian flags.
They’re waving in the wind blue and gold flags in many museums and public buildings, including Berlin’s Red Town Hall, which received this name not because of its political color but because of the brick color on its façade.
There are posters in the subway encouraging you to donate to Ukraine, and if you go to buy books at the city’s biggest bookstore, you can of course also contribute to the Ukrainian cause by buying a cloth bag. Fortunately, plastic is not welcome in this country.
As well as enjoying or participating in culinary specialties of different countries at an urban party recently held next to the Main in Frankfurt A flamenco show brought openly from Jerez Donations can also be made to Ukraine by the Spanish tourist office.
There, they had set up a booth with three young men of both sexes, tall and blond, wearing T-shirts named after their sponsor, one of the world’s largest investment banks, which the Ukrainian president had invited. other major American banks invest heavily in their country.
Meanwhile, the German press continues its campaign to demonize the Russian president. Vladimir Putin, often presented as the new Stalin When there is no new Hitler willing to devour half of Europe.
And the media, far from explaining the background and context of the conflict or wondering the purpose of waging a war that has only caused death and destruction, has devoted itself to criticizing the infuriating slowness faced by federal chancellor Social Democrat Olaf Scholz. Kiev’s demands for new weapons.
In a situation that appears to be a reversal of values, or A kind of “world turned upside down” as Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano speaks.While the vice-chancellor’s and foreign minister’s environmentalist party appeared to be the most aggressive towards Russia, the far-right has paradoxically turned into a peace party.
Even Die Linke, heir to Communist Germany’s Socialist Unity Party, is overwhelmingly in favor of arming Ukraine until victory over Russia. which threatens to cause division Deputy Sahra Wagenknecht, who defended the ceasefire for a while and then negotiated in vain, plays the leading role.
The result of all this confusion has been a steady rise in the polls of the far-right Alternative for Germany, which criticizes taxpayers’ money being spent on arming and financing Ukraine and cutting benefits for German families.
In Saxony, for example, this Europhobic and anti-immigrant party has already reached 35 percent of its voter intent, making it the country’s main political formation. this “land” in the east of the country is now ruled by the Christian Democrats. And there are still those who are surprised by this rise.