On June 25, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels), which organises the world’s biggest annual book fair (in Frankfurt), announced it was awarding its annual “Peace Prize” to US journalist and author Anne Applebaum.
Tag: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Zelensky Threatened w/ DEATH If He Negotiated With Russia!
Germany Risks Forgetting Its History
In deciding to supply Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Olaf Scholtz breaks the self-imposed constraints on the military’s role in German foreign policy that had been in place since the end of WWII.
Germany Risks Forgetting Its History
Arms race in the Bundestag
by Peter Schwarz, WSWS, Jun 4 2022
It is hard to say what is more repulsive about the level of debate in Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag: the contributions of the speakers or the media coverage
Arms race in the Bundestag
War Crimes in Ukraine: Time for a People’s Tribunal?
The idea of trying Putin for war crimes is “trending” in social media, and some politicians like Joe Biden[1], German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier [2] and even some professors of international law are already concocting possible scenarios.
War Crimes in Ukraine: Time for a People’s Tribunal?
After the Afghanistan debacle, Berlin and Brussels pursue independent European war policy
Germany and the European Union are stepping up their offensive for an independent European war policy after the debacle in Afghanistan. At an informal meeting in Kranj, Slovenia, the EU defence ministers discussed on Thursday the establishment of a rapid reaction force that could also act independently of the US military.
After the Afghanistan debacle, Berlin and Brussels pursue independent European war policy