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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.

Most Germans say defence industry investments justifiable

Employees at Rheinmetall work on a cannon for the Leopard 2A4 battle tank in Lower Saxony, Unterluess on June 06, 2023 | File Photo: Philipp Schulze/dpa

Over 56 percent of respondents polled by the opinion research institute Innofact said private investments in the arms industry were justifiable, in a significant change from 2022 when 53 percent of respondents still had reservations about investing in defence companies. Since then, the prospect of higher government defence spending in Germany and many other countries has driven many stocks to record highs.