“Such statements raise the suspicion that Germany should ideally do nothing at all and want to keep possible sanctions as small as possible. And a quiet Federal Chancellor is enthroned above everything,” said Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Vice President of the German Marshall Fund and former head of the planning office of the then Federal President Joachim … Read more
Dhe German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is making her first visit to Moscow with concentrated reservations. Her encounter with veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ends with the same strained politeness it began three hours earlier. Possibly the mood after the conversation is even a little frostier, even if both make verbal opening moves during … Read more
Harsh criticism of the Bundeswehr leadership comes from the chair of the defense committee. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann demands more clarity from the officers. The chairwoman of the Defense Committee in the Bundestag, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, calls for more openness from the Bundeswehr generals in the Defense Ministry. “Personally, I would like the generals in the ministry to … Read more