Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the Collapse of Germany’s Coalition Government:
“The collapse of Germany’s governing coalition has laid bare the primary flaw in the modern political system of the Federal Republic of Germany – it’s now a classic ‘banana republic’,” Zakharova told reporters.
“Incidentally, this is an American term first used by [short fiction writer] O. Henry back in 1904,” she noted. “No other nation in the world has begun to reshuffle its own government in the wake of the US election’s outcome on the same day. Except Germany.”
“What did you expect? Berlin failed to secure the vital Russian gas supply essential for its citizens and industrial complex, lost the opportunity to maintain economic growth, and passively watched its businesses and industries relocate to the US – all just to please Washington,” Zakharova continued.
“To top off this self-destructive behavior, Berlin has stopped even pretending that the German government possesses any autonomy or pretending that it is not merely a representative of American neoliberals within the European Union.”
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