Röttgen after the G7: Germany must take a leadership role

Posted On: May 22, 2023

“It would be wise to invite other countries and their presidents,” said CDU foreign policy official Norbert Röttgen. “We must convince the world of the principles we claim.”

21/05/2023 | 07:48 min

Russia, USA, China, Brazil, India, India, G7 – the world is becoming more complicated and more dangerous, interests cannot be separated any further. In the ZDFheute journal, CDU foreign politician Norbert Röttgen advises preparing for unfavorable scenarios and not giving up convincing the world of Western values of freedom and democracy.

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That’s what Norbert Röttgen said…

… about the travel activities of the President of Ukraine Selenskyj

“The last time Winston Churchill traveled around the world, especially to America, to seek accession. And then he came too late. It shows that we are at a turning point in history and we have war back in Europe and the ultimate goal is to ban war from Europe again. And in that respect it is the pinnacle of unity and unity and therefore effective.”

The G7 summit in Hiroshima has ended. Assessment by ZDF correspondent Elmar Theveßen as to which signal was sent there.

21/05/2023 | 01:15 min

… to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima:

“It’s wise to invite other countries and their presidents, so from India, Brazil, Indonesia, almost 300 million people and so on, Vietnam – others are coming and it’s very good and it’s also progress learning from the G7, so the great Western Democracy – The West in the sense of the norm, so Japan is also one of them – reaching out and saying we are not enough on our own, we have to convince the world of the principles that we demand and demand, namely the principles of the UN Charter.”

Scholz helped start this expansion. “I really welcome it,” said Röttgen. “And it was first success. Modi has spoken and not shied away from it.”

… on Olaf Scholz’s role in Europe

“Americans are Europe’s security force. It should (but) be our image. This requires political leadership in Europe. The clock is ticking. (…) Germany is indispensable in this regard.”

“Germany, as the largest economy, with the largest capital, as a country that can bridge East and West, must take this leadership role, as everyone expects from Germany. But Germany and the Chancellor were completely unprepared for this, but hesitated and one Not taking on a leadership role. Not even communicative, let alone operational.”

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