9 days ago · Berlin
Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that | Paul Taylor
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Berlin’s allies are right to be wary of a sudden surge in German military spending that shuns cooperation with them When the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, visited the White House earlier this year for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump, he invited a Washington-based German researcher little known outside expert…
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Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that | Paul Taylor
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