US military has taken control of Europe — Wimmer
German chiefs in Security Conference completely bypass the will of the German people
“We note to our sorrow the fact that our national parliaments and our national governments are no longer in a position to make an independent assessment of other parts of the world, or to ask ourselves whether our policies towards other countries can be upheld or have to be changed, because we follow the lines from Washington and sometimes from Paris and London in a very bad way.”
ParsToday: Mr. Wimmer, the 55th Munich Conference in the Bavarian court is over. A conference full of tension. In your opinion, what were the dominant themes of this conference?
Wimmer: Well, first of all, there was the Federal Chancellor’s massive attack on American President Trump, and the German automobile workers will be affected by it. If, in a few weeks, punitive tariffs get imposed on German cars exported to the United States, then one will see what the Chancellor’s speech really did. Beyond that, of course, in the room are those who have massively cheered that for two years German politics has not found an answer to the American president. This is certainly the absolute first impression of this conference from domestic policy circles.
And then of course you have to see that the United States, as far as the rest of the world is concerned, have not yet managed to switch from their constant readiness for war to the ability to make peace. And of course you have to take a closer look at the different hotspots, including the Korean Peninsula, including Latin America and Venezuela, and above all, the Middle East and that’s where you’re right in the middle.
ParsToday: Mr. Wimmer, the Chancellor in her speech on Saturday particularly reprimanded the go it alone efforts of US President Donald Trump in foreign and trade policy. How do you find this criticism or this complaint?
Wimmer: From my point of view, that is the inability of the Federal Chancellor and many other European governments to even understand why President Trump exists. That has also shown up very clearly in Munich. You kiss and hug with Mrs. Pelosi and with Lindsey Graham, these are the representatives of the usual Washington war coalition, which is on the way with wars worldwide and also knows how to be bipartisan.
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