Mr Scholz, speaking in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, said: “That is why we will not accept any peace dictated by Russia and that is why Ukraine must be able to repel Russian aggression.” . The return of imperialism, with Putin’s war in Ukraine, was not only a disaster for Europe but for the rules-based global peace order, the chancellor said. He called on the UN to defend this against those who would prefer a world where “the strong rule the weak”. “We stand helpless as some want to catapult us back into a world order where war is a common means of politics, independent nations must join forces with their more powerful neighbors or colonial masters, and prosperity and human rights are the privilege of the few lucky?” asked Mr. Scholz. “Or do we succeed together in ensuring that the multipolar world of the 21st century remains a multipolar world? My answer, as a German and a European, is: we have to manage it.”
