Professor Michael Hudson talking to Glenn Diesen

"The European voters obviously reject the policy of their leaders and they don’t realize that their leaders themselves are sort of American puppets. Whereas the proponents of the alternative are not Putin’s puppets. They’re the realists. And they realize there’s no need for war. It’s fictitious. It’s not that they’re pacifists, but there’s just no need for war, and there’s no war that Europe can win against Russia now that it doesn’t have any more arms. It has used them all up in Ukraine and sent them to Israel. So it’s disarmed. It has no money. Its industry is unable to operate without the inexpensive oil and gas that powered it before. There’s been no accounting for what are the costs and benefits of the future."

I don't think European states sent many arms to Israel but the USA certainly did. What a mess Europe is in and, instead of joining with Trump in seeking a modus vivendi with President Putin, Herr Merz seems to want to continue the war. 

For what purpose? None. 

Once Europe had intelligent leaders like Talleyrand, Metternich and Disraeli who sought to act in their country's interests.