By Can Çakır Last week, demonstrations against NATO were organized in various countries in Europe. The demonstrations held NATO responsible for the war in Ukraine and criticized the anti-Russian campaign. Different political currents denounced their governments for tailing the US-led war and putting the economic burden of the war on the people. One of these demonstrations, where the German Communist ...
We are continuing with the second part of our interview with Ingar Solty, research fellow at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation affiliated to the Left party and a frequent expert to the German parliament’s public hearings on peace and security policy.. The first part has dealt with the approval of 100 billion Euros of defense spending as extra-budget item, where the ...
With the eruption of conflict over Ukraine, the world’s eyes turned repeated to Berlin, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. Just three days after the begin of what Russia called “special military operation”, German Chancellor announced a “turning point” in Germany’s foreign policy. An extra defense spending of 100 billion Euros followed. Later on, everyone focused on former ...
The German government has decided to send 14 Leopard tanks to Ukraine and permit the re-export of others from other countries. On January 25, the German parliament debated on the issue on demand of the oppositional fractions of the CDU/CSU. The parliament debated the issue as an extraordinary item on agenda upon demand from the oppositional CDU/CSU. The main opposition ...
By Gökhan Dağtekin It has long been a matter of dispute whether Germany would allow the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The German government’s authorization is required for Ukraine to receive the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany has in its inventory or that Germany has previously exported to other European countries. Avoiding Russia-NATO war There was enormous pressure ...
By Işıkgün Akfırat German Defense Minister Lambrecht has resigned after being criticized for blocking aid to Ukraine. The resignation comes just before a summit of Western defense ministers to be held at the largest US military base in Europe. It is considered to have been forced in order to break the resistance of the Olaf Scholz government to sending tanks ...
By Gökhan Dağtekin This week Germany experienced one of the largest security operations in its history. The German state and mainstream media accused the group “Reichsbürger” (Reich citizens) of plotting to seize power by attacking the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament). Chief Public Prosecutor Peter Frank has stated that the members of the group are determined and therefore the threat is ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China on November 4 and met with President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Kuchiang. “Reducing one-sided dependencies”, “regulating economic relations on the basis of reciprocity”, “free and fair trade” were among the topics that came to the fore during Scholz’s visit accompanied by a delegation of Germany’s leading companies. His government partners in the ...
By Ali Mercan, reporting from Frankfurt / Main Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy of ‘assuring Europe’s security together with Russia’ is a continuation of the state tradition identified with chancellors such as Helmut Schmidt, Gerhard Schröder and Helmut Kohl. An intense Transatlantic offensive has been launched against Russia, which has stopped NATO’s eastward expansion in Ukraine. Former German Chancellor ...
The 2000s were the years when the Social Democrat parties in Europe began to melt down. They were incapable of providing solutions to the raging neoliberal attacks of the globalization. With the financial crisis of 2008, which started in the US and spread across Europe, this meltdown accelerated. The leading Social Democratic parties in Europe, the German Social Democratic Party ...