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Germany Slams U.S. National Security Strategy

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks during a press conference | File Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has dismissed the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy, which portrays freedom of expression in Europe as eroding. Speaking in Berlin, he said Germany needs no advice on free speech protections and defended the country’s constitutional safeguards and free media.