German Chancellor Angela Merkel

According to the Chancellor, while Europe is unable to defend themselves, and should be for the transatlantic Alliance.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has devoted a significant part of his speech in the Bundestag the subject of NATO, said on Wednesday, November 27, UKRINFORM.

“Preservation (maintenance) of NATO for us is more important today than during the cold war, or at least equally important as during the cold war,” she said.

According to the Chancellor, while Europe is unable to defend themselves, and should be for the transatlantic Alliance.

“We see every day is a new hybrid threats, including from Russia”, – said Merkel, speaking about the Baltic and German soldiers located there.

Merkel recalled 2014, about “the annexation of Crimea and invasion of Eastern Ukraine” and following the decision of NATO to focus on security in terms of when attacks occur on its borders.

It was then that the member countries have pledged to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP, and Germany since the “moving in the wrong direction.” The budget for next year this article is provided of 1.42%, said the Chancellor, Recalling that at the time of the summit in Wales the figure was 1.18 percent. By 2024 the figure will be increased to 1.5%, and 2% by the early 2030’s.

The head of government is sure that Germany is obliged to take on more responsibility for NATO to work with NATO unity. In this context, Merkel said that although Turkey is a “difficult partner”, it must necessarily be contained in the Alliance for geostrategic reasons.

We will remind, the meeting of the Bundestag on 27 November, Angela Merkel declared that is not going to leave the post of Chancellor.

Earlier it was reported about the health issues with Merkel.

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