{"id":301646,"date":"2017-04-01T05:35:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T04:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/german-foreign-minister-outlines-european-strategy\/"},"modified":"2017-04-01T05:35:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T04:35:09","slug":"german-foreign-minister-outlines-european-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/german-foreign-minister-outlines-european-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"German foreign minister outlines European strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>German foreign minister outlines European strategy<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    Johannes Stern<br \/>\n    <br \/>31 March 2017<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p> Anyone seeking clarification about the reactionary program behind the so-called \u201celection campaign\u201d of Social Democratic Party chancellor candidate Martin Schulz and a possible \u201cred-red-green\u201d (SPD-Left Party-Green Party) federal government in Germany should read Sigmar Gabriel&#8217;s contribution on the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in the <em>Rheinische Post<\/em> .<\/p>\n<p>Under the title \u201cFighting for a Stronger Europe,\u201d the Social Democratic foreign minister and former SPD chief pleads for the rearmament of the continent both at home and abroad, for a strengthening of \u201cFortress Europe\u201d and a continuation of austerity policies.<\/p>\n<p>In the area of foreign and security policy, it is time \u201cto say goodbye to the idea that we are not responsible for our own security in Europe. The sentence is correct: Europe finally has to grow up,\u201d Gabriel writes. The partnership with the US and NATO are \u201ccornerstones of the transatlantic community,\u201d he says, but the European Union must be \u201cable to cope with crises and conflicts in its own neighbourhood. The first steps have been taken, others have to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel is well aware that a more independent and aggressive European military policy under German leadership also requires the internal militarization of the continent. Europe needs to \u201cimprove its internal security,\u201d he says. In order to justify the setting up of a pan-European police force he cynically raises the alleged \u201cstruggle against terrorism\u201d: \u201cHere, we can and must be better, through better cooperation and more exchange. The people of Europe should not be afraid. Whether it is in Brussels, Paris, Berlin or elsewhere\u2014freedom and security go hand in hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2017\/03\/31\/gabr-m31.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 German foreign minister outlines European strategy By Johannes Stern 31 March 2017 Anyone seeking clarification about the reactionary program behind the so-called \u201celection campaign\u201d of Social Democratic Party chancellor candidate Martin Schulz and a possible \u201cred-red-green\u201d (SPD-Left Party-Green Party) federal government in Germany should read Sigmar Gabriel&#8217;s contribution on the 60th anniversary of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-301646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}