After Trump's NATO statements: Discussion about EU nuclear weapons flares up. At the same time, CSU's leading candidate for the European elections, Manfred Weber, appeared to open to a European nuclear umbrella.
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), like SPD politician Katarina Barley, advocated a rethink of NATO's nuclear deterrent. In doing so, Lindner deviates from the previous line of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), who has so far rejected a debate about a change of course in NATO'snuclear deterrent.