Building for the Bundeswehr - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Oct 24, 2024 · BERLIN (own report) - On the initiative of the German Defence Ministry, the federal government and the Länder governments are working together in a joint effort to accelerate the realisation of military construction projects. It is part of a wider commitment to massively strengthen the German armed forces. More than 60 billion euros are to flow into the maintenance, upgrading and expansion of ...
Europe’s Role in the War against China - GERMAN-FOREIGN …
Nov 12, 2024 · (own report) – Germany’s leading foreign policy journal proposes comprehensive rearmament of Germany and the rest of Europe in favor of a vigorous militarization of the Asia-Pacific region. According to the magazine “Internationale Politik,” published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), European states must rapidly build up their armed forces and take control not only of ...
Hydrogen for Germany (I) - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Oct 29, 2024 · BERLIN/BRUSSELS/DOHA (own report) - The Emirate of Qatar is considering a deal to supply Germany with green hydrogen, say sources in Doha on the occasion of the Emir of Qatar's visit to Berlin last Tuesday. Qatar’s importance as an exporter of liquefied natural gas to Germany is something the general public is well aware of. Lesser known are the plans the Emirate has for launching the ...
News - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Dec 10, 2024 · WASHINGTON/BERLIN (own report) - The new US administration has offered the AfD and other extreme right-wing parties from around Europe a stage for their further normalisation and for transatlantic networking. This is the significance of their invitation to President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Of the many heads of state and government in the European Union, only the most right-wing, Giorgia ...
Getting ready for war (III) - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Feb 20, 2024 · (own report) - The still confidential “Operationsplan Deutschland” (Operations Plan Germany) announced by the Bundeswehr sets out not only military measures but also comprehensive steps towards a militarisation of German society as a whole. To discuss the details of the plan, conceived under the motto “Germany. Together. Defend”, Lieutenant General André Bodemann, Commander of the ...
Berlin and human rights (II) - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Sep 3, 2024 · (own report) – The Tunisian authorities once again expelled a large number of refugees into the desert in the past week – a practice that takes place under cooperation arrangements with the EU designed to push back and deter migrants. Human rights activists in Tunis have reported that Tunisian officials abandoned around forty sub-Saharan refugees in an isolated desert area without food or ...
End of the German export model - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Aug 30, 2024 · (own report) - Economists are warning of a “China shock” for German industry. Increasing numbers of German companies are not only losing market share on the Chinese market to their Chinese competitors but also struggling to compete with Chinese companies in their other export markets. This pattern of decline can be seen in the Germany’s three most important industries.
The transatlantic far right - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Jan 21, 2025 · WASHINGTON/BERLIN (own report) - The new US administration has offered the AfD and other extreme right-wing parties from around Europe a stage for their further normalisation and for transatlantic networking. This is the significance of their invitation to President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Of the many heads of state and government in the European Union, only the most right-wing, Giorgia ...
A Permanent Base in the Middle East - GERMAN-FOREIGN …
Sep 18, 2018 · BERLIN/BAGHDAD/AL AZRAQ (Own report) - Berlin is considering the establishment of a permanent Bundeswehr base in the Middle East, German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said during her recent visits to Jordan and Iraq. German Armed Forces could be stationed at Jordan's Al Azraq Airbase for an extended period in relative proximity to Iraq - similar to the US Persian Gulf bases.
The United Front against China - GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
Apr 16, 2024 · (own report) – Germany’s armed forces are expanding their “Indo-Pacific deployment”. Germany will send almost three dozen military aircraft and two warships to the Asia-Pacific region for war exercises this year. Plans include participation in a large-scale US exercise near Hawaii, an air force exercise in Australia and more military training in Japan, as well as in US-led monitoring ...