Germany plans to assume greater security role

Germany plans to assume greater security role Berlin (AFP) July 11, 2016 - "Economic giant, political dwarf" - that is how the world long viewed post-World War II Germany, the European export power reluctant to use military muscle in global conflicts. It is an image that Europe's most populous country wants to shed as it gradually assumes a bigger defence role, within the frameworks of NATO and the European Union. That ambition, the outcome of a debate that be ... more

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