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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 ....
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 ....
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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 extraordinary thing for you to say. how could germany allow its military machine to become useless? yeah, it s.it s a story of the ending of the cold war, 1990. and everybody thought all over the world that after, you know, after the cold war, everything will be fine. everything will be like living in a paradise. ....
On trade with russia with maybe just a few small exceptions. yes. would you support that? yes, absolutely, we have to do it, we have no choice, because the situation i mean, it s. . . it s very easy, it s.it s a very simple situation. vladimir putin hopes that we are not ready for doing this and we have to do it, even if you are. the question of economic question. i mean, it s a huge one. but we have to realise that this zeitenwende, it s a real zeitenwende, so we have to change our mind and we have to think about with companies, with ceos that we have, yes, now that we have to do something. that s interesting, because it s not in the end just about ukraine and about russia. what you seem to be saying is germany has to have a reset, a rethink, which actually puts fundamental values ahead ....