The day after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the German Chancellor seemed to have taken stock of this major event, accelerating the reorganization of the world at the start of the 21st century. On February 27, 2022, three days after the launch of the “special operation” of the master of the Kremlin, Olaf Scholz promised a “Zeitenwende”, a change of times.
Germany would no longer be content to watch the world go by from the sidelines by signing checks for the Europeans, who took care of security issues in its place.