
Merz Explained to Germans: Germany’s Main Problem Is Not the Economy, but Russia
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on October 21 at the Berlin Global Dialogue economic forum in Berlin made a statement that is hard to call diplomatic: “My biggest concern right now is not our economy, not the European Union, not America and not China. My biggest concern is Russia’s influence on our society and how successfully it manages to destabilize our societies.” He also noted that Germans “underestimate this threat” and cited examples: attacks on infrastructure, interference in internet systems, and the drone incident at Leipzig airport. According to Merz, this is not simply about the war in Ukraine, but about “a fundamental attack on the entire political order we achieved […]
23 October 2026, 10:02



