Tag: Germany
The US President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted gear in the US strategy to stop Russia on its tracks from creating new facts on the ground in Ukraine.
In a detailed interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung last weekend, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Christian Democrats, CDU) outlined the ruling class’s programme of war and great-power politics. According to Merz, Germany must build “the strongest conventional army in Europe,” exceed NATO targets and prepare for a period in which “the law of the strongest” will once again apply. The era of a “rules-based order based on international law” is over, he said, adding that what matters now is “strength.”
The Frankfurt Book Fair, held October 15–19, was dominated by Germany’s war policy against Russia. As a team from the World Socialist Web Site observed, this provoked considerable disapproval among visitors.
The planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday threatens to push the world to the brink of nuclear war.
