German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would contact France and the UK to discuss the sharing of nuclear weapons, but warned that such a move would not replace the US’s existing protective shield in Europe.
“The sharing of nuclear weapons is something we need to talk about,” Meles said in an extensive interview with broadcaster Deutschlandfunk (DLF) on Sunday. “We have to stay stronger in terms of nuclear deterrence.”
Merz, an enthusiastic transatlanticist, has spoken in recent weeks about Donald Trump and Europe’s “independence” needs, saying he hopes the U.S. nuclear shield will remain in place and should be seen as a “complement” to that.
“We should talk to both countries [France and Britain] And, from the perspective of supplementing the U.S. nuclear shield that the United States certainly has to maintain, and in addition, it can be maintained. ” he said.
“Now, global security has changed our Europeans to discuss this issue together,” Melz said in his custody of Trump.
As an invader in World War II, Germany has been committed to non-nuclear defense in international treaties, and at the same time, it is prohibited from obtaining nuclear weapons while cooperating in the NATO weapons common agreement.
Melz’s comments were posted on French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that he is willing to discuss expanding France’s nuclear deterrence program against other European countries.
At an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders reached plans to increase defense spending to create an alternative model to build Washington’s military support and to worry about Russia’s encouragement of the Ukrainian war and signs of encouraging the White House that could set its future attractions for future attractions that attack EU countries.
Merz, the leader of the German Conservative Party, put his political reputation on the line by violating pre-election commitments to keep the country’s strict debt rules intact, announced last week that he proposed a substantial increase in defense and infrastructure spending.
His plan involves a constitutional change and will be submitted to the German Parliament on Thursday. Meles hopes to get support from the Social Democrats and Greens, and in the existing parliament there is still a necessary two-thirds of the parliamentary majority until March 25, which is possible.
But, Meles admitted on Sunday that he still has to do the work to win the greens of his plan and needs support if he wants to reach a two-thirds majority. The Greens show that they strongly oppose the fact that there are few mentions of climate protection in Melz’s proposed.
In an interview with Deutschlandfunk, Meers said that he would have a “intensive” conversation with the Greens next week. “We will integrate climate protection measures [in the investment proposals],” he said.
Merz’s CDU/CSU ranked first in the federal election last month and tried to form a “mini-grand” alliance with Social Democrats. The two parties announced on Saturday that they had completed a round of “loud speeches” to determine whether there was enough common ground between them before the formal negotiations began. The formal talks may begin next week.
The main points expected are immigration and security, with Meers riding on the pre-election votes, with considerable regulations on who can enter Germany and what circumstances they can stay.
The new government, under great pressure from the far-right alternative side of the fürdeutschland, ranks second in the election, with nearly 21% expected to obtain “mass immigration” of foreigners and immigrants in other policies, without legal rights in Germany.
Melz said he has addressed the issue that his plan to tighten immigration regulations would make Germany conflict with neighbors, saying he intends to fully comply with EU rules and seek common consensus among pan-Europeans. “We want Europe to be united…but Germany certainly has the right to defend its own security and order,” he said.
Meles said he hopes to form an alliance by Easter, April 20.
