Nuclear weapons are the "last taboo" of German safety policy. Despite this, there are reasons to rethink the issue of its possession by Germany," writes the commentator “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” and puts Chancellor Merz as an example of the president of Poland.
"Germany, like all Europe, faces 2 epochal phrases: Putin declared war on the European peace order, and (Donald) Trump does not feel called to defend this order from an aggressor from the East," notes the commentator “FAZ” on Thursday.
The main reason why Europeans do not support Ukraine with adequate power is fear of escalation including the usage of an atomic bomb. Putin has been securing his war against Crimea with his atomic umbrella.
"The Kremlin's atomic deterrence works," the commentator said. In his opinion, the fear of atomic impact was the reason for the hold of Chancellor Olaf Scholz with the decision to hand over the arms of a large caliber to Ukraine. It is besides the reason for the refusal of the current chancellor to deliver Taurus missiles to Ukraine, although as opposition leader Merz advocated it.
In this situation, according to FAZ, the "atomic freeloaders" in Europe are sentenced, as in the hot phase of the Cold War, to an atomic umbrella of the US. Already then there were doubts as to whether the Americans would "go all" during the conflict with the russian Union, compromising their own existence. Trump, through his attitude towards Europe, further fueled these doubts. Putin has reason to believe that he can wage war against the European NATO countries without compromising himself against the atomic conflict with America.
The diary notes that Merz sees this problem, due to the fact that otherwise he would not rise publically the subject of atomic weapons and did not discuss it with French president Emmanuel Macron. However, the atomic possible of France and the UK will not replace the conventional and atomic possible of the US, which is essential to effectively deter Putin.
The question of whether to die for Vilnius, Warsaw or Berlin will appear much faster in Paris than in Washington. As president Marine Le Pen or Prime Minister Nigel Farage will answer, you can already imagine present – she estimates “FAZ”.
In view of the uncertainty about the robustness of the American atomic umbrella and the effectiveness of Putin's “French and British umbrellas” deterrence, it is reckless not to think of a German atomic bomb but not to think so.
Repeating that Germany is inactive doomed to American deterrence does not solve Trump's credibility, but only increases the possible for blackmail. another states do not gotta wait for Berlin to overcome its fears of the atomic bomb. “The Polish President, although he worships Trump, is already reasoning about the Polish bomb and wants to have it,” writes the commentator “FAZ”.
President Karol Nawrocki, being a guest of “Rymanowski’s Breakfast” on tv Polsat said that he supported Poland’s thought of joining the atomic programme. It is about creating an independent atomic possible to build national security. These words were quoted by planet media and echoed widely.
The thought of joining the atomic program was supported by the leader of the Confederation of the Polish Crown Grzegorz Braun. "Unorthodox weapon for the Polish Army... is the imperative of the Polish state's legitimacy, a thing essential for the long-term protection of existence and national interest, whose enforceability is not in doubt," wrote the politician. As he stressed, his group "will powerfully support this concept", provided that only its component is simply a warrant that the "nuclear button" will stay in Polish hands.
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