German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul He warned against underestimating the threat that Russia represents for Germany. “Russia directly threatens our peaceful and free life in Germany,” Wadephul said in the comments published on Sunday for the Funke media group.
WadePhul at the same time welcomed recent NATO decisions at the Hague Summitwhere Member States agreed to increase defense spending to five percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and described this step as “correct and necessary”.
A high -ranking member of the Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of the office of Friedrich Merz He criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for “an attack on the morale of the Ukrainian people by a non -participating bombing”, adding that “the freedom of Ukraine is the most important test of our determination as Europeans”.
Meanwhile, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) develops a discussion on how to approach Russia. A manifesto signed by important SPD representatives, including former leaders, such as Rolf Mützenich, Norbert Walter-Borjans and Ralf Stegner, called for direct diplomatic talks with Moscow and criticized government plans for armaments.
However, at the SPD weekend party conference Lars Klingbeil reiterated that it is necessary to do everything to protect against Putin’s Russia, and refused any change in politics against Moscowsays the DPA news agency.
