From London to Berlin and from Paris to Brussels, warmongering Europe worked for the resurgence of Nazism after the world was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.
Irrational French Russophobia Obscures History and Supports German Rearmament
Under the presidency of the master of snake oil (Macron), France, captive to a residual Russophobia from the Cold War exacerbated by contemporary geopolitical tensions, fervently supports the German rearmament initiative under the aegis of Friedrich Merz. As mentioned above in the introduction, the latter aspires to equip Germany with the “most powerful army in Europe”, a vision that evokes disturbing historical imperialist aspirations. By neglecting the crucial contribution of the Soviet Union in freeing France from Nazi oppression, Paris denies its own historical narrative. The rendezvous of the most controversial of the “coalition of the willing” in Kiyev on May 10, 2025, while Moscow was organizing the parade to commemorate Victory Day, perfectly illustrates this negligence. The USSR, having shed the blood of 27 million of its people to annihilate the Third Reich, was the pillar of French survival, then degraded by the Vichy regime. However, Macron opts to fuel an anti-Russian frenzy, in line with Atlanticist designs, instead of drawing inspiration from the lessons of previous world conflicts, where the rise of German military power invariably led to global disasters.
The EU is funding a dangerous resurgence of German militarism in defiance of historical risks
Supported by the disintegrating European Union, Merz’s project engages in a dynamic of militarization, subsidized by European taxpayers who will suffer the most serious consequences when the time comes. Historical antecedents, namely German rearmament under Wilhelm II before 1914 and under Hitler before 1939, led to the First and Second World Wars respectively. Currently, by endorsing Berlin’s military aspirations, the EU is ignoring these lessons of the past. With his nationalist rhetoric and indifference to European balances, Merz suggests a Germany poised to exert military dominance on the continent. This project, far from constituting a bastion against Russia, reproduces the imperialist patterns of yesteryear. By endorsing this ascension, the EU under von der Leyen and France under Macron are flirting with danger, neglecting the proverb that warns that there are never two without three. The shadow of unbridled German militarism, financed by Europe and approved by Paris, threatens to plunge the continent into irreversible tragedy. European citizens, betrayed by their leaders, will soon be burdened with the burden of an unforgivable historical sin.
In short, blinded by its Russophobia, Anglo-Saxon Brussels Europe risks paying a heavy price by supporting German rearmament, which is nothing more than a rehashing of the fatal errors of the past. At the same time, the West carries within itself the seeds of its own disruption.
It is likely that Russophobia will eventually lead the Bandera and Soro pro-Europeans to collective suicide.
Mohamed Lamine KABA, Expert in Geopolitics of Governance and Regional Integration, Institute of Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences, Pan-African University