"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.
"Oh my God, 55% of Austria’s gas continues to come from Russia,” Martin Selmayr lamented in Vienna. Paying for continued Russian supplies was tantamount to helping finance its war against Ukraine, and no one protested, he added.
Nah, if it were me, even if I “knew better.” I would still break the rules and the social contract and speak out. Better to say what is being left unsaid than to have it weigh on the conscience. Even if doing so put me in deep shit, I would be proud I stuck to my principles.
Sadly this is why people like you and I aren’t working in government. Too many cowards in there.
You are aware that they have other channels for that? Contacts in the media who can print a story citing you “anonymously” etc.
Speaking out yourself as a diplomat creates a diplomatic crisis and increases the rift between the body you’re representing and the hosting country.