Iranians have risen in rebellion against the petro-dictators of the Islamic Republic.
British politicians are more than capable of committing blunders, but so too are their continental opposite numbers.
Liberal commentators can no longer use the former Chancellor as a stick with which to beat British Prime Ministers.
Just as its energy dependence on Russia cannot be reversed overnight, decades of drift into quasi-pacifism reflect a deeply embedded outlook.
And if he is strong and the West weak, why has his Ukraine invasion gone wrong – and why are our governments showing unity and resolution?
Schröder and Merkel long insisted Putin was a trustworthy partner, but Germany under Scholz has now been forced to take the side of freedom.
A traffic light coalition? A Jamaica coalition? Who knows? What’s certain is that the CDU/CSU is struggling amidst a fragmenting landscape.