Thread by @mtracey

German Green Party manifesto in the 2021 election called for banning "export of arms and military equipment" into war zones. They won 118 seats on this pledge, entered the ruling coalition, and are now the government's most hardcore proponents of exporting arms into war zones

"Germany should be a driving force in the political de-escalation of conflicts," the manifesto reads -- raising the question of whether the Green Party now views Leopard Tanks as new, cutting-edge "political de-escalation" devices

"Disarmament" is a major theme in the manifesto. (In government, the theme has apparently become "armament.") As such the Greens repeatedly emphasize their call for "de-escalation in conflict zones" -- including specifically in relation to Russia

Well, gee whiz...

With all those other pledges having been thrown out the window, it appears they're still retaining the over-arching ideological pledge of a "feminist foreign policy" -- adoption of which is "mandatory"

This is what feminism looks like, apparently...

@ABaerbock

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1618217167388053504