The scandal of the moment in Germany is an open rift between the Foreign Minister and the Chancellor over how to handle Russia. For most of the twentieth century, this debate had clear coalitions. The Greens wanted American soldiers, and especially American nukes, out. Meanwhile, the conservatives were the committed trans-atlanticists. In the middle, the center left socialists wanted cooperate more with the Eastern bloc countries, often in hopes of helping suffering East Germans. This impulse culminated in a program where the West Germans would pay for the release of East German politic prisoners. Incentivizing a regime desperate for foreign reserves to keep taking more and more prisoners just to release them for ransom.
Is Liking America No Longer Right-Wing?
Is Liking America No Longer Right-Wing?
Is Liking America No Longer Right-Wing?
The scandal of the moment in Germany is an open rift between the Foreign Minister and the Chancellor over how to handle Russia. For most of the twentieth century, this debate had clear coalitions. The Greens wanted American soldiers, and especially American nukes, out. Meanwhile, the conservatives were the committed trans-atlanticists. In the middle, the center left socialists wanted cooperate more with the Eastern bloc countries, often in hopes of helping suffering East Germans. This impulse culminated in a program where the West Germans would pay for the release of East German politic prisoners. Incentivizing a regime desperate for foreign reserves to keep taking more and more prisoners just to release them for ransom.