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| ‘If Trump were to launch nukes, what'd stop him?’ Germany's SPD clashes with coalition allies over NATO nuclear-sharing | ‘If Trump were to launch nukes, what'd stop him?’ Germany's SPD clashes with coalition allies over NATO nuclear-sharing |
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| Germany’s participation in the NATO nuke-sharing initiative only increases the risk of catastrophic miscalculations, since Berlin has no real influence over Washington’s foreign policy decisions, a top Social Democrat argued. | Germany’s participation in the NATO nuke-sharing initiative only increases the risk of catastrophic miscalculations, since Berlin has no real influence over Washington’s foreign policy decisions, a top Social Democrat argued. |
| The Pentagon's latest Nuclear Posture Review and the development and deployment of low-yield tactical nukes makes it increasingly clear that the US administration no longer sees them as purely defensive weapons of deterrence, said Rolf Mutzenich, the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group that is allied with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives. | The Pentagon's latest Nuclear Posture Review and the development and deployment of low-yield tactical nukes makes it increasingly clear that the US administration no longer sees them as purely defensive weapons of deterrence, said Rolf Mutzenich, the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group that is allied with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling conservatives. |
| His strong opposition to the continued presence of American nukes on German soil was shared by both SPD co-leaders, Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken, who reiterated their firm stance against any nuclear weapons deployment, sharing and use. | His strong opposition to the continued presence of American nukes on German soil was shared by both SPD co-leaders, Norbert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken, who reiterated their firm stance against any nuclear weapons deployment, sharing and use. |
| Senior coalition partners immediately accused SDP of populism, with CDU lawmaker Patrick Sensburg expressing concerns that such statements undermine NATO solidarity and partners’ trust in “Germany’s ability to fulfil its future role within the transatlantic security apparatus.” | Senior coalition partners immediately accused SDP of populism, with CDU lawmaker Patrick Sensburg expressing concerns that such statements undermine NATO solidarity and partners’ trust in “Germany’s ability to fulfil its future role within the transatlantic security apparatus.” |
| The opposition in the meantime accused the ruling CDU/CSU–SPD coalition of damaging Germany's reputation with their ongoing quarrel, which, according to the Free Democratic Party (FDP) defense affairs spokeswoman Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, sends a “wrong signal at the wrong time.” She also reiterated the original justification for hosting the nukes, claiming that “some” control is better than nothing at all. | |
| The United States has an estimated 150 nuclear weapons still deployed across Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and at the Buechel airbase in Germany since the Cold War. The debate over the ‘nuclear-sharing’ arrangement heated up recently, as Berlin seeks to replace its ageing fleet of Tornado jets, capable of delivering American bombs, with either Eurofighter Typhoons or US-made Boeing F-18s. | The United States has an estimated 150 nuclear weapons still deployed across Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and at the Buechel airbase in Germany since the Cold War. The debate over the ‘nuclear-sharing’ arrangement heated up recently, as Berlin seeks to replace its ageing fleet of Tornado jets, capable of delivering American bombs, with either Eurofighter Typhoons or US-made Boeing F-18s. |
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