Radwan gives speeches on the war in Ukraine: a turning point?

"Welcome to reality"

Created: 07/28/2022, 3:00 p.m

By: Patrick Star

Spoke at the Lenggrieser and the Tölzer CSU: Alexander Radwan.

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As a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the member of the Bundestag Alexander Radwan is a sought-after speaker.

Lenngrieser and then the Tölzer CSU recently presented an analysis of the war in Ukraine.

Bad Tölz/Lenggries –

Vladimir Putin uses hunger as a weapon, tries to destabilize political systems worldwide and only fears one thing: loss of power.

The constituency MP Alexander Radwan came to this conclusion in his analysis of the Ukraine war.

Radwan has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Bundestag since this legislative period and is responsible for European Union affairs.

"When I took office, it was not foreseeable what drama would come into foreign policy," recalls the 57-year-old.

Accordingly, he is in demand at the moment.

First he performed in the Alpenfestsaal at the Lenggrieser CSU, the evening after that at the "Binderbräu" at the Tölzer CSU.

"One could have guessed what Putin was up to earlier," said Radwan.

"His speeches before the war were characterized by an extreme nationalism." According to his worldview, he must protect Russians wherever they live - whether in Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Chechnya or the Baltic States.

"If he's successful in Ukraine, that's not the end," Radwan believes.

"It will go on until you show it a stop sign."

Radwan says Europe doesn't matter to Putin

Europe plays no role for Putin.

He is only interested in which countries Russia has influence in and in which countries the USA: "He would prefer to turn back reunification." Putin is making sure that there is unrest in countries like Mali, Syria and Libya.

"And then he sends soldiers there." In order to destabilize countries, he relies "brutally on hunger".

Egypt, for example, gets 90 percent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine: "If a revolution starts there, it's because the price of bread is going through the roof." Radwan had just been to Bulgaria: "I was told there how Putin creates instability.” There are huge differences between the political systems: “As MEPs in the EU and in the US, we know that our power and authority are limited in time,” said Radwan.

"Either we will stop voluntarily or we will be voted out." Putin fears precisely this loss of power.

He sees democracy, civil society and plurality as a threat.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke of a turning point in the Bundestag, Radwan said.

"I'm just saying: Welcome to reality." It is a turning point, especially for the SPD and the Greens, both of whom are pacifist: "Suddenly they have to take positions that they fought in the election campaign.

You must now even go beyond our positions.” When Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the 100 billion euro funding package for the Bundeswehr, many members of the SPD and Greens sat there “petrified”.

"We said: he has our support."

Overall, according to Radwan, Putin miscalculated.

He believed that the Ukraine war would create instability in the West.

In fact, NATO got a boost from the accession of Sweden and Finland.

Voices are growing louder in Japan to change the pacifist constitution.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke of a value-oriented foreign policy, said Radwan.

"That sounds incredibly good.

But I say: foreign policy is interest politics, even if that sounds bitter.” Germany must enter into new energy partnerships: “We have to take the states as they are.

Without pointing fingers, at eye level, without giving up our own values.” At the same time, renewable energies must be promoted.

The "brilliant German business model" will no longer exist, Radwan predicts: "The Russians deliver cheap energy, the Americans ensure security and pay for it and the Chinese deliver cheap primary products that we refine." But Europe can meet all challenges, “if we approach it with conviction and self-confidence.

We will not let our freedom and democracy be taken away.”  

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