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Turning Point – where do we stand?

Turning Point – where do we stand?

7. October 2024

Germany must reorganise its foreign and security policy on a more massive scale than at any time since the start of the Cold War. A look at the status of the turning point. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, saw this as a “turning

New European industrial strategy

New European industrial strategy

7. October 2024

With its strategy presented in March 2024, the European Commission wants to improve Europe’s defence readiness. Its key message: the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) are to invest more, better, jointly – and in Europe. The new EU document from Brussels essentially consists of two pillars: the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS)

“We don’t want any special discount”

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“We don’t want any special discount”

6. October 2024

When Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev came to the ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory at the Rheinmetall site in Unterlüß in February 2024, he said, referring to weekend shifts: “And for these overtime hours, I thank everyone very much. Maybe a few hours of overtime today are the reason why my mother is still alive