Baltics and German Greens: unexpected allies on Russia? – opinion
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Annalena Baerbock / AP
Vilnius has long hoped for Germany to take a harder stance on Russia. With the Greens eyeing the chancellor’s seat, will the Baltics find unexpected allies in Berlin? Jeroen Bult writes.
Is German foreign policy heading for a revolution? Will Berlin finally relinquish its ever-cautious approach of Russia? These tempting questions must have crossed the minds of Baltic policymakers after hearing the news that Annalena Baerbock has been nominated as the Chancellor candidate of The Greens for the German federal elections in September.
And the idea of a vociferous criticaster of the Putin regime leading a political party that keeps growing in opinion polls is a most captivating one indeed.