'When is the right time to turn off the Russian tap, if not now? But once again, self-interest trumps morals,' writes DW correspondent wesel_barbara describing Europe's actions in the face of the war in Ukraine as 'too little, too late'.
because they are too dependent on supplies from Russia. Even if the majority of Germans are now in favor of a boycott like this, their leaders' sense of caution and fear is stronger.We probably won't get a boycott until the very end, when Ukraine is just rubble, when the numbers of people killed are too high to bear and the flow of refugees can no longer be accommodated. But by then it will be too late. Right now is when this sanction of last resort could have an impact.
At the beginning of this war, there were big words about how this invasion was an attack on all of Europe and its security. As a result, the EU deducted that it must better learn how to take care of itself, its economic autonomy, its defense and its position within the world order. That's not wrong. In fact, in geopolitical terms, this should have happened years ago.
Faced with the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine now, one can only say this is all too little, too late. The cautious, the concerned and the miserly conservatives have won out. They have abandoned Ukraine to Putin's missiles and his delusions about the return of the Russian empire. The EU is happy to supply aid and weapons, and to take care of Ukrainian refugees, but seems unwilling to take any greater risks or make any more effort than that. Only the next weeks and months will tell us if this is a huge miscalculation.This piece was originally published in German.
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