Farmers in Germany organized massive protests last week. The correspondents of Aydınlık Europe, Turkish daily newspaper Aydınlık’s supplementary in Europe, followed the protests in Berlin and Munich on the spot. Aydınlık Europe’s report covering the reasons for the protests, the demands and the views of the participants was translated from Turkish into English by UWI. German farmers revolted against the ...
By Can Çakır, Magdeburg, Germany Compact Magazine, under the editorial leadership of Jürgen Elsässer, organized a conference titled “Withdraw from NATO, Peace with Russia.” The conference, which took place in the city of Magdeburg, featured many important speakers from Germany and Russia. We followed the conference on-site in Magdeburg. Also had the opportunity to have evaluations of Jürgen Elsässer, the ...
By Can Çakır In recent election polls published in Germany in the past weeks, the three-party coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), appears to loose the majority in the parliament. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), the main opposition party, came out by far in the first place while ...
By Can Çakır The interview was published in Aydınlık Europe newspaper and translated into English by Uwidata. For Germany, the era of nuclear energy has come to an end after 60 years. Isar 2 in Bavaria, Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg and Emsland nuclear power plant in the northwest of the country were decommissioned. Thus, the nuclear phase-out process in electricity ...
By Can Çakır Last week, demonstrations against NATO were organized in various countries in Europe. The demonstrations held NATO responsible for the war in Ukraine and criticized the anti-Russian campaign. Different political currents denounced their governments for tailing the US-led war and putting the economic burden of the war on the people. One of these demonstrations, where the German Communist ...
We are continuing with the second part of our interview with Ingar Solty, research fellow at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation affiliated to the Left party and a frequent expert to the German parliament’s public hearings on peace and security policy.. The first part has dealt with the approval of 100 billion Euros of defense spending as extra-budget item, where the ...
With the eruption of conflict over Ukraine, the world’s eyes turned repeated to Berlin, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. Just three days after the begin of what Russia called “special military operation”, German Chancellor announced a “turning point” in Germany’s foreign policy. An extra defense spending of 100 billion Euros followed. Later on, everyone focused on former ...
The German government has decided to send 14 Leopard tanks to Ukraine and permit the re-export of others from other countries. On January 25, the German parliament debated on the issue on demand of the oppositional fractions of the CDU/CSU. The parliament debated the issue as an extraordinary item on agenda upon demand from the oppositional CDU/CSU. The main opposition ...
By Gökhan Dağtekin It has long been a matter of dispute whether Germany would allow the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The German government’s authorization is required for Ukraine to receive the Leopard 2 tanks that Germany has in its inventory or that Germany has previously exported to other European countries. Avoiding Russia-NATO war There was enormous pressure ...
By Işıkgün Akfırat German Defense Minister Lambrecht has resigned after being criticized for blocking aid to Ukraine. The resignation comes just before a summit of Western defense ministers to be held at the largest US military base in Europe. It is considered to have been forced in order to break the resistance of the Olaf Scholz government to sending tanks ...