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And if Merkel is perceived to deliver them, she will remain in power, says former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon.
While Germans are casting their votes for members of parliament, who will occupy at least 598 seats in the Bundestag for the next four years, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ruling Christian Democrat/Christian Social Union alliance are favored to win the German parliamentary elections.
RT spoke to former UK intelligence officer Machon to discuss this issue.
RT: There was much scare-mongering about possible Russian meddling in the German election, of which not a trace has been detected. Why was this made a big issue?Annie Machon: I am not at all surprised that Russia is being accused yet again of trying to hack or interfere in an election in a Western country. It seems to be a sort of fashion of this year and last year. I think it is interesting, though,
every time the elites of whichever country feels that there might be some sort of populist revolt or vote against what the elites think they should be voting for, they almost pro-actively say, 'There must be Russia interfering in these elections' because they might get the result they don't want. But it is crazy because we have seen time and again, there is no evidence of Russian hacking. There were assertions about Brexit, there were assertions in France. Emmanuel Macron during the election said, 'We've been hacked.' And then the French intelligence agencies went off to investigate and said, 'There is no evidence of hacking.' Similarly, we've seen
Merkel in the run-up to the federal election saying, 'They are going to hack German elections, too.' So, she sent off the BND and BFV to investigate and they came back saying, 'There is absolutely no evidence of Russian hacking.' Merkel wanted a different result and told them to go and find different information. This is how crazy it is getting. As soon as any powers in any Western country think, 'Actually, we might not get a result we want, let's blame the Russians.' And they are doing that preemptively now as well. It is ridiculous.
Comment: While interpretations may be up for debate, there is one fact that underscores the need for scaled back and careful rhetoric. The Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953, was only a cease-fire between military forces, rather than an agreement between governments. No peace treaty was signed which means that the Korean War has not officially ended.