“I spent many years trying to convince my coalition partner that we needed armed drones. I didn’t succeed.” - #Merkel last night in her big interview
“And it was also not because of me that we didn’t do/get other things. It was hard work to invest in military deterrence”. - Merkel
I’m a bit torn on this. On the one hand, I agree with her SPD criticism in this area.
https://twitter.com/RikeFranke/status/1533046846511370241
On the other hand, Merkel *personally* really never seemed particularly invested in any defence and military questions. As my colleague @jana_puglierin wrote here ecfr.eu/article/after-…
Full Merkel interview here
Most interesting bits in my view between 1:02:00 and 1:11:00 (including the clip above)
Most interesting bits in my view between 1:02:00 and 1:11:00 (including the clip above)
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