Instructions for German security

Annalena Baerbock and Nancy Faeser (SPD)

The two politicians are largely responsible for the strategy.

(Photo: IMAGO/photothek)

Berlin, Brussels It is an unusually high-ranking press conference that takes place on Wednesday morning in Berlin. Almost a third of the government cabinet will be represented when the national security strategy, the first in the history of the Federal Republic, is presented.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens), who is responsible for the strategy, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (both SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) – they all want to be there, if not only within Germany’s, but also internationally eagerly awaited foreign and security policy policy document is presented.

In fact, the day on which Chancellor Scholz also celebrates his birthday can be called historic. After all, it is not only the first time that the federal government has given itself such instructions – it is also the first time that the “turning point” proclaimed by Chancellor Scholz after the Ukrainian war of aggression is reflected in such a strategy paper supported by the entire federal government finds.

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