A first in Germany: ‘Russia is the biggest threat’

While explaining the first National Security Strategy in German history; He described Russia as the biggest threat to Europe. Germany also warned of growing competition with China, which is trying to use its economic power to achieve its political goals.

The document provides an overview of Berlin’s foreign policy, which has prioritized security over economic interests in the year and a half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“This is a drastic change in the way we conduct security policy in Germany,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in his speech to launch the document.

The document also addressed many threats, from climate change to supply chain disruptions. (Reuters)