{"id":1302078,"date":"2022-02-16T08:53:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302078"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:53:15","slug":"merkel-forever-german-leftists-want-ex-chancellor-back-for-russia-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merkel-forever-german-leftists-want-ex-chancellor-back-for-russia-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel Forever! German Leftists Want Ex-Chancellor Back for Russia Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmerkel-forever-german-leftists-want-ex-chancellor-back-for-russia-negotiations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1228009781-e1644930403599-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The head of a major leftist party in Germany has called for former Chancellor Angela Merkel to return to international politics in order to help negotiate a solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Dietmar Bartsch, who heads up Germany\u2019s left-wing Die Linke party, has called for Angela Merkel to return to the international stage in order to help mediate between the east and west over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Bartsch also made sure to applaud the initiative of the current Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on the issue \u2014 with the SPD politician having recently visited both Moscow and Kyiv \u2014 the suggestion that his predecessor should return to the forefront of international debate has not gone down well with those currently in Germany\u2019s nascent coalition government.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/ausland\/article236911969\/Ukraine-Krise-Linke-wuenscht-sich-Angela-Merkel-als-Vermittlerin.html\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>Die Welt<\/em>, Bartsch called on Merkel to be brought back as a key mediator for the west regarding the conflict, citing her connections with both sides of the conflict, as well as her prior experience at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has the authority on both parties to the conflict that is necessary to calm the situation,\u201d Bartsch is reported to have told a number of German publications.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would wish that the woman who until a few weeks ago was chancellor, who has excellent connections to Vladimir Putin, who speaks the language, would perhaps be appointed to an intermediary role by Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron,\u201d the Die Linke leader also reportedly said in a separate interview.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion has gone down like a lead balloon with some in Scholz\u2019s so-called \u201ctraffic-light\u201d coalition government.<\/p>\n<p>The chairwoman of the defence committee,&nbsp;Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, spoke against the measure, saying that the ex-Chancellor should not get involved in the current crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you leave such an important position, you should curl up and do nothing,\u201d&nbsp;Strack-Zimmermann reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>How useful having a German \u2014 whether Scholz, Merkel, or another \u2014 at the forefront of talks with Russia may be of limited utility for other European nations, however, given Germany\u2019s perceived proximity to Russia on questions of energy. The country has pushed through, against the advice of other concerned nations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/08\/germanys-scholz-refuses-to-back-biden-on-nord-stream-2-pipeline-shutdown-threats\/\">the Nordstrom 2 gas pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Concerns abound that mainlining even more Russian gas into central and western Europe will only serve to intensify the continent\u2019s dependence on Moscow, and thereafter grow Russia\u2019s power and influence. The degree to which Germany and Russia are aligned on this issue was sharply underlined on Tuesday when chancellor Scholz spoke to press after a meeting with Putin in Moscow, where he made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2022\/02\/15\/ukraines-future-still-unclear-olaf-scholz-says-war-nato-membership\/\">comments agreeing with Russia\u2019s own demands<\/a>: that Ukraine should not join NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Further enhancing the impression of the German political class having been captured by Russian interests surrounding energy, earlier this month previous German Chancellor&nbsp;Gerhard Schr\u00f6der \u2014 who was the German leader to first approve the Nordstrom 2 pipeline project \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/06\/pipeline-politics-ex-german-chancellor-gerhard-schroder-nominated-to-board-of-russian-state-owned-gas-company\/\">was nominated to join the board of a Russian state-owned gas company<\/a>. He is already a board chairman for another Russian state gas company and is a Nordstream president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany\u2019s Pro-Mandatory Vax Chancellor Sees Popularity Tank \u2013 Poll<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSgZuWowLw\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSgZuWowLw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1491094474130219008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bartsch\u2019s suggestion that Angela Merkel should re-enter the political sphere comes at a time when Scholz is under extreme pressure from critics.<\/p>\n<p>The pro-forced vax chancellor has experienced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/08\/germanys-pro-mandatory-vax-chancellor-sees-popularity-tank-poll\/\">collapse<\/a> in public support since taking office, with only 22 per cent of Germans believing he has done a good job as Chancellor so far, compared to 63 per cent who thought he would do well in the position according to a poll administered before he took office.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz has also been the subject of much mockery online, with the hashtag #WoIstScholz, or \u201cWhere is Scholz\u201d trending on German social media over the left-leaning statesman\u2019s perceived lack of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Since this criticism became widespread online, Scholz has had his own official state social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/deutschland\/olaf-scholz-hat-eigenen-twitter-account-eingerichtet-a-da975713-9558-4a5e-92ef-cce422c8d1f1\">set up<\/a> on Twitter, with the Chancellor also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/08\/germanys-pro-mandatory-vax-chancellor-sees-popularity-tank-poll\/\">conducting<\/a> an English interview with CNN as part of an apparent publicity blitz.<\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account marks a departure from his predecessor Merkel, who does not have an account on the platform, opting instead to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/deutschland\/olaf-scholz-hat-eigenen-twitter-account-eingerichtet-a-da975713-9558-4a5e-92ef-cce422c8d1f1\">reportedly<\/a> rely on her colleagues to circulate statements for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of a major leftist party in Germany has called for former Chancellor Angela Merkel to return to international politics in order to help negotiate a solution to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}