Macron comes to the Chancellery for a discussion 2024-03-14 16:27:31

FFrance and Germany want to appear united against President Vladimir Putin in time for the Russian presidential elections. President Emmanuel Macron is expected to attend a debate at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin on Friday. The conversation with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is to be followed by a short-term Weimar triangular meeting with Polish Prime … Read more

What makes the Taurus so special among other cruise missiles 2024-03-14 11:39:30

Dhe debate about German cruise missiles continues. Within the opposition and also the traffic light government there are vehement supporters of delivering the Taurus to Ukraine. They argue that France and Great Britain have already handed over similar longer-range weapons. This speaks against the Chancellor’s arguments that Germany is becoming a warring party with a … Read more

The defeatism of Olaf Scholz 2024-03-11 14:19:08

In February: Chancellor Scholz visits a production hall with armored vehicles from the armaments company Rheinmetall. Image: dpa Today the SPD is again in a situation like it was during the NATO retrofitting period – only it no longer has Helmut Schmidt. On the contrary: Olaf Scholz admits that he is prepared to be put … Read more

Setting up Gaza port will take up to two months 2024-03-09 12:45:50

DThe US’s plan to set up a temporary port to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip has met with international approval, but it still needs time to be implemented. U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder said Friday that it was expected to take about 60 days for the temporary port to be fully operational. … Read more

Pistorius does not want to fire officers 2024-03-06 21:49:14

Doesn’t want to do Putin any favors: Defense Minister Pistorius in Berlin on Tuesday Image: Omer Messinger The defense minister calls the Taurus wiretapping a “perfidious game” by Putin. Although he sees serious mistakes on the part of the Bundeswehr, he does not want to fire anyone. FSince Saturday, technical experts from the Military Counterintelligence … Read more

Pistorius: Taurus leak due to “individual application error” 2024-03-05 10:58:18

NAccording to initial investigations, an “individual application error” is responsible for the fact that the conversation of high-ranking Bundeswehr officers about the Taurus weapon system could be intercepted. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) said this on Tuesday in Berlin. The error goes back to the participant who took part in the conversation from Singapore. Pistorius … Read more

How threatened are we, Mr. Münkler? 2024-03-02 09:51:54

Gaza battlefield: Israeli troops on the advance after the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023. Münkler: “There will be no way around a two-state solution that needs far-reaching security guarantees for Israel.” Bild: Nicolas Garcia / AFP via Getty Images Financial crisis, migration crisis, pandemic, war in Ukraine, inflation, Trump, Middle East conflict: The political … Read more