well, my guest today is the influential chair of the german parliament s defence committee, marie agnes strack zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie agnes strack zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, it s a pleasure to be here. let s start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putin s invasion of ukraine, zeitenwende . he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its strategic thinking. more than a year later, do we see real evidence of that turning point, that zeitenwende? yes, yes, definitely we see it. it s a really important word, but it s, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now it s the right direct
is the influential chair of the german parliament s defence committee, marie agnes strack zimmermann. so, is germany ready to leave its pacifism behind and project its military power? marie agnes strack zimmerman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. well, it s a pleasure to be here. let s start with that word that olaf schulz used right after putin s invasion of ukraine, zeitenwende . he promised it would be that word, a turning point for germany and its strategic thinking. more than a year later, do we see real evidence of that turning point, that zeitenwende? yes, yes, definitely we see it. it s a really important word, but it s, of course, not only a word, you need it in your mind. um, first of all, we have now the 100 billion euros for the bundeswehr. this is really important, more money for our army. we are looking for it for years. you said not so long ago that the german army has been bled dry. so now it s the right direction. but that s an ex
to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
you re watching the context on bbc news. five months since the war began, the first ship carrying grain has left ukraine under the watchful eye of the russians patrolling the black sea. the ship is bound for lebanon. we will get the thoughts tonight from odesa, where further ships are being loaded. germany turns back to coal as the gas shortages threaten a winter of blackouts and economic misery. but why are they not returning to nuclear? another weekend of extreme weather in the us as california s biggest wildfire this year continues to burn out of control. tonight with the context, nathalie tocci, former eu foreign policy advisor. and hagar chemali, former us government advisor, host of the political satire series oh my world. a warm welcome to the programme. rarely has a ship set sail from ukraine with so much hope, and so much anticipation, riding on it. the sierre leone registered razoni left the port of odesa at 09:30 this morning and into the black sea, bound for t
Something to do with this increased exposure thats. The green party won slightly more votes than they did in twenty thirteen theyre now poised to be potential Coalition Partners is this success the result of online campaigning political consultant johan is here yet is skeptical. Thats mostly about services we have so far about the effect of digital campaigning is that its very disappointing for Political Parties to invest a lot of money in it but the impact is dubious minnes and survival after. Supporting that opinion a study from the us reports that only one out of Two Hundred Fifty Facebook Users is influenced by Election Advertisements direct interaction is much more successful one out of every fourteen voters can apparently be convinced so knocking on doors may still be necessary but for this election it was given a modern day twist the time that is as this year parties. Used the old fashioned
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