Who is afraid of Germany?
The Bundeswehr’s expansion is causing ripples of unease but anxieties about the rise of a German hegemon are misconceived.
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, seen here visiting the Guard Battalion in Berlin on July 15, is in charge of a growing military.
PHOTO: REUTERS
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on July 17 for what is officially touted as the friendliest of summits. The leaders of the European Union’s biggest economies claim to be the “engine” of European integration, the indispensable allies on which the security of the continent depends.
To underline this point, Merz and Macron will chair a meeting of what is grandly entitled the Franco-German Defence and Security Council on a German air force base.