Angela Merkel’s statement in an interview with the Hungarian Partizán  provoked  strong reactions in several European countries, particularly in those that had warned from the outset against misjudging Moscow and Putin. Her remark that “Baltic countries and Poland” in 2021 rejected her attempt to launch a new EU dialogue with Vladimir Putin was received in the east of the continent as a moral blow rather than a political analysis. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @