{"id":6290,"date":"2026-06-05T04:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=6290"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:46:10","slug":"how-russian-media-and-experts-reacted-to-germanys-un-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/how-russian-media-and-experts-reacted-to-germanys-un-humiliation\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russian media and experts reacted to Germany\u2019s UN humiliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berlin has only itself to blame for failing to get a seat on the Security Council, experts and journalists have said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Losing what had been a quasi-guaranteed seat on the UN Security Council has caused considerable embarrassment across the German diplomatic establishment, which had openly talked of securing a permanent seat in New York.<\/p>\n

Berlin had won unopposed or as the favorite in all previous cases, is the second-largest contributor to the UN, and the latest vote was presided over by its former foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock \u2013 now the president of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

The gaffe-prone, staunchly pro-Israel Baerbock, however, may have proven more of a hindrance than a help, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
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\u201cOver the past year, countries had the misfortune of watching a representative of the German political elite, Annalena Baerbock, serve as president of the UN General Assembly. They decided not to take any more chances,\u201d<\/em> she said on Telegram.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the vote, the Russian media ran headlines stating that Germany \u201cfailed\u201d<\/em> to secure a UNSC seat and was \u201cleft empty-handed,\u201d<\/em> while describing statements by German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul \u2013 who had suggested that Russia was to blame for Berlin\u2019s failed bid \u2013 as \u201cstartling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

If Berlin is so determined to find someone to blame for its failure, it might as well look in the mirror, experts and journalists said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Predictable result of overconfidence\u2019<\/h2>\n

Germany\u2019s \u201cspecial responsibility\u201d<\/em> for Israel has long turned into \u201cunconditional support, including the military one\u201d<\/em> for all of West Jerusalem\u2019s actions, Russian news outlet RG wrote in a lengthy piece on the issue.<\/p>\n

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If only there was a German word for Berlin\u2019s UN humiliation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Over the past several months alone, Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s party has urged Berlin to stop financing the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and called for tougher criteria Palestinians must meet to get aid, it noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the UN vote in May on assistance to Palestinians, German representatives chose to abstain, whereas Austria \u2013 which will now join the UN Security Council \u2013 voted in favor of the initiative,\u201d<\/em> the outlet wrote.<\/p>\n

It noted that \u201cIsrael\u2019s neighbors, as well as other countries of the Global South, see this \u2018subservient\u2019 position of Germany quite clearly.\u201d<\/em> The debacle at the UN vote was a \u201cpredictable outcome\u201d<\/em> of Berlin\u2019s \u201coverconfidence,\u201d<\/em> it added.<\/p>\n

\u2018Distorted\u2019 diplomacy<\/h2>\n

Guided by the West\u2019s \u201cvalues-based\u201d<\/em> unipolar world order dream rather than its own national interest, Germany has lost all the qualities that once made it an influential actor on the world stage, Artyom Sokolov, a senior fellow at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies, told the Izvestia news media outlet.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen mulling Israeli arms deal \u2013 FT<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Modern Germany no longer has \u201cempathy, moderation, and the desire to resolve international crises by understanding their root causes,\u201d<\/em> Sokolov said, adding that the \u201cerosion of Germany\u2019s diplomatic approach has manifested itself\u201d<\/em> in the Ukraine conflict and the wars in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, these strengths that once made Germany an influential player on the international stage have been significantly distorted, and this is what led to the failure of Germany\u2019s bid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Izvestia also wrote that the development would deal a serious blow to Merz and Wadephul\u2019s plans to expand Germany\u2019s global influence and push forward Berlin\u2019s bid for a permanent UNSC seat.<\/p>\n

No need to blame Russia<\/h2>\n

Wadephul makes it sound as if Russia somehow \u201cinstigated\u201d<\/em> other nations to \u201cpunish\u201d<\/em> Germany for its \u201cuncompromising stance on Ukraine and Israel,\u201d<\/em> analyst Sergey Poletaev, a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy think tank, told RT, adding that Berlin could just be trying to shift the blame for its own policy mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost countries dislike Germany\u2019s uncompromising stance on Ukraine and Israel, and so they want to see more reasonable European representatives on the Security Council, like Portugal and Austria, which they voted for,\u201d<\/em> he said, maintaining there was \u201cno need to drag Russia into this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what international isolation looks like, Mr. Wadephul.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Looming isolation?<\/h2>\n

The UN debacle might be the first sign of Berlin\u2019s continued rejection of true multipolarity backfiring, well-known German author, journalist, and political commentator Alexander Rahr told Russia\u2019s VZ newspaper.<\/p>\n

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Germany blames Russia over UN Security Council humiliation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cGermany remains skeptical of the concept of a multipolar world order,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that Berlin still prefers to rely on institutions and concepts associated with the \u201cunipolar\u201d<\/em> one. \u201cIn many countries of the Global South, this stance is increasingly viewed with frustration,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Berlin\u2019s lack of criticism of Israel as well as its attempts to portray its support of Ukraine as some sort of a higher moral calling make its claims of being the defenders of international law and universal values sound \u201cinconsistent\u201d<\/em> in the eyes of many nations outside Europe, Rahr believes.<\/p>\n

\u201cGermany\u2026 continues to strongly emphasize its support for Ukraine and Israel and remains committed to its values-based foreign policy. This could further deepen the divide between Germany and much of the international community,\u201d<\/em> he warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt remains to be seen whether this trend points to Germany\u2019s growing international isolation or merely reflects broader shifts in the global balance of power and the ongoing formation of a new world order.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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