Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer Predicts the Breakup of NATO
Former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said he is not sure about NATO's future.
The former minister believes it would be a mistake to abandon the Alliance, although he has doubts about its future.
“I don’t think NATO will survive,” Fischer said.
“I fear that NATO, as a transatlantic security alliance, will not last much longer. But abandoning NATO as a military alliance for Europe—perhaps together with Canada and the United Kingdom—would be a huge mistake. Sometimes, from time to time, we have to fight defensive battles, giving it our all,” noted the former vice chancellor from the Green Party.
Europe must learn from the loss of trust that transatlantic relations suffered during Donald Trump’s presidency, Fischer argues.
“If Europe becomes stronger—both in terms of power politics and military strength—a different kind of relationship will emerge. The postwar situation of U.S. hyperdominance in NATO is over. We must be able to defend ourselves,” he said.
He made these remarks in an interview with Die Zeit.
NATO has discovered secret sabotage weapons on Russian submarines.
NATO foiled a Russian operation involving secret weapons in the Arctic — Reuters.
Poland remains interested in participating in NATO’s nuclear sharing program. At the same time, Warsaw is negotiating its participation in the planning of a European “nuclear umbrella” proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he is not concerned about the possibility of a Russian provocation against one of the NATO countries. He also denied that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow was related to warning the Kremlin about the consequences of such an attack.
