# Merz, Macron and Stubb: European Leaders and Their Stance on Russia

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120858356889907553
- Source account: [@Svitlana_UA22](https://x.com/Svitlana_UA22)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 2:09
- Published: 2026-11-12
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia) Well, yes, so to speak, an, a political freak, but maybe a little different, maybe gloomy, uh, maybe kind of, kind of a geopolitical— Still a freak, though. Of course!

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=11) Well, what else would you call Friedrich Merz, for example?

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=14) He's a freak! Right? He's a gloomy Pierrot, yes, who, who— Beautiful. Well…

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=21) No, what else would you say? Well, a person speaks gloomily, gloomy— Carrying a rotten Germany in his arms.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=31) Yes, exactly. But the main thing is—he's not carrying it anymore, he's already—his main thing is to hang on until— as I understand it, uh, the elections, uh, the general elections in Germany.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=45) Whatever his level of trust may be, whatever the economic situation may be, he's a gloomy Pierrot, geopolitically speaking, saying gloomy things, but steadfast in his anti-Russian positions, I'd say they're no longer anti-Russian,

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=60) And as for, um, uh, For Merz, of course, it’s already classic Russophobia, unlike Macron, for example, who sees anti-Russian sentiment, anti-Russian policy— as, of course, a tool, a tool for strengthening his influence in Europe.

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=78) Whereas Merz, Merz is, apparently, sincere about it, right?

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=82) But he’s still a freak, right? I won’t go any farther south, so some people don’t get offended again, um, representatives of certain southern European peoples over their, um, uh, their female leaders being called something nasty.

[1:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=98) But this is also a pan-European trend of political freakdom.

[1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=105) Well, there’s nothing to say here, of course.

[1:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=107) And, of course, against this backdrop, even Stubb now already looks like a serious— well, rather, wants to look like a serious politician.

[1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=115) By the way, here's a thought: all you have to do in Europe right now, to at least look like a serious politician, — is not to say blatantly anti-Russian nasty things and puff yourself up, right? That's it!

[2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Qv3oDp1tm8y2/en/merz-macron-and-stubb-european-leaders-and-their-stance-on-russia?t=127) And you're serious—