Berlin wants more robust military spending following a bombshell move by the Trump administration to negotiate a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

German political leaders have reacted with alarm to U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell announcement that his administration will conduct peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the head of European leaders.

“To be clear, peace must last over the long term. It must secure Ukraine’s sovereignty,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday. “That is why we will never support a dictated peace. Nor will we accept any solution that leads to a decoupling of European and American security. Only one person would benefit from that. President Putin.”

Scholz, whose Social Democratic Party (SPD) is in third place according to polls ahead of a Feb. 23 national election, called for more spending on Germany’s defense and military aid for Ukraine, and urged conservatives to relax the country’s strict spending rules — a theme he has touched on repeatedly during the election campaign — in order to do so.

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  • SkilurosEnglish
    711·
    5 days ago

    And that’s why you didn’t want to provide tanks, opposed strikes into russia and didn’t provide Taurus missiles.

    • BenLeMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      Can’t wait to see whether we’ll get the corrupt clown again as the next chancellor or the other corrupt clown who hates foreigners.

      Or maybe even the lesbian clown who hates foreigners and thinks women belong in the kitchen.

      Such visionaries. So inspiring. So smart.

      And yes, that is why. The corrupt clown thinks not poking the bear will appease him.

      • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        5 days ago

        The lesbian clown would also rather deliver tanks to russia than to ukraine.