Ailing Bundeswehr and Trump threats: Habeck calls for joint European weapons production. The proposal for a European arms strategy comes against the backdrop of the visit of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to the USA.
Trump's statement that he could "end the Ukraine war in 24 hours" raised questions about continued US support for Ukraine if Biden was not re-elected. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who worked with Trump for four years, warned of concerns about NATO's future.