Polish and Baltic officials have reacted furiously to what they perceive as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel partly blaming them for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their censure of Europe’s most important politician of the last two decades has again exposed what critics say is the failure of Merkel’s approach to Russia, and further calls into question the ex-chancellor’s legacy as her flagship immigration and energy policies continue to be scorned and dismantled by her successors. In an