Responsibility for Europe reads differently from Bratislava than from Brussels. The new German defence strategy is worth reading carefully, particularly from the capitals whose security still depends on German territory. Responsibility for Europe will be defined in the next decade by what Berlin does if Washington no longer underwrites European defence at previous levels. Germany has now stated, in writing, that this is the planning horizon.
Lol you don’t think Merz and his rightwing coalition form an extremist rightwing threat?
The center right is hopeless to stop the far right even if they weren’t lying about wanting to rein them in.
Merz only leads to Trump like figures, so yeah Trump is worse, but that isn’t much consolation?