The Dread Slender Gnome on Nostr: Many of those elected officials deserve to be undermined, but that's another matter. ...

Many of those elected officials deserve to be undermined, but that's another matter. If these elected officials really wanted to neutralise this supposed undermining, the best thing they could do is to not sweep aside the problems he pointed out, but to face them head on.

But, this is one person, making one speech. At best it's an opening move or one of opening moves. The game is long and is never about a single move.
Most of Europe has been messing up its dealings with Russia for decades. They desperately need a course correction, and the war has started them on one, but it's going to take time to be fully realised.