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
the economy and we must account for them in order to assure more inflow of money for our investments. i propose to create a special government programme for that purpose, to create extra conditions for our citizens, to invest their money. that they have earned within the country. and at the same time to encourage the preservation of the saving intention funds. at the same time, the assurance of bank deposits, whose repayment will be guaranteed. for voluntary pension savings, i suggest we put the figure up savings, i suggest we put the figure up to 2 million. the repayment figure up to 2 billion, million. we must also defend our citizens savings and other long term financial instruments including protecting them from possible bankruptcy. special decisions are required to attract the capital into high tech businesses. they will be supported by stock floated on the internal market, both for the companies themselves and buyers of those shares. another factor of economic sovereig
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