Downfall of a Superstar By Marcus Schneider Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Downfall of a Superstar By Marcus Schneider https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/downfall-of-a-superstar/ Germany’s humiliating defeat in the race for a UN Security Council seat reveals the price of a foreign policy increasingly seen as hypocritical abroad. The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2027. Germany, which had lobbied hard for a seat, came third for the two places contested by the Western European and Others Group, with 104 votes, against 134 for Portugal and 131 for Austria.-- Reuters BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jun 8 2026 (IPS) - This is the downfall of a diplomatic superstar. Germany’s defeat in the election to the UN Security Council is the consequence of a foreign policy that has proven disastrous in recent times, failing to uphold either the values or the interests of the Federal Republic. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.