Lambrecht heralds "a turning point" and speaks of "brutal effects"

Created: 11/30/2022 3:26 pm

By: Nail Akkoyun

Christine Lambrecht during her speech at the Berlin Security Conference.

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The security architecture of Europe for the coming years is to be organized at the security conference in Berlin.

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• Security conference in Berlin:

  Christine Lambrecht and Olaf Scholz (both SPD) take part.

• Numerous international guests:

  Finland and Sweden joining NATO are under discussion.

• All information and news from the Security Conference in Berlin in our Newsticker.

+++ 3:26 p.m .:

In her statement, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht first describes the “turning point” that the Ukraine war also initiated in Germany.

The Bundeswehr had become the weapons supplier for Ukraine.

The politician called the effects of the Ukraine conflict on citizens "brutal".

+++ 1:52 p.m .:

It is rather unlikely that Sweden and Finland will finally join NATO at the security conference in Berlin.

Turkey remains reluctant to ratify accession.

Any admission of another state to the defense alliance, however, requires the consent of all previous members.

Christine Lambrecht and Olaf Scholz speak in Berlin

Update from Wednesday, November 30, 11:15 a.m .:

The first findings should already be available from 2:15 p.m. when Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht will talk about “a new era of European security”.

A debate on NATO's strategic concept has been going on for a few minutes, with Minister of State Tobias Lindner (Greens) taking part, among others.

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Berlin Security Conference: Sweden and Finland joining NATO

First report from Wednesday, November 30:

Berlin – Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (both SPD) will explain Germany's future course at the Berlin Security Conference today, Wednesday.

Lambrecht will speak about the military turning point with which Germany wants to enter a new era of security in Europe.

Numerous high-ranking representatives from politics and the armed forces of allied and friendly states will be speaking at the conference until Thursday (December 1).

The organizers describe the meeting as the first major conference of this kind since the start of the Ukraine war in February.

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As the program says, the "far north" - the defense ministries of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland - will have their say on Wednesday evening.

Then a possible NATO membership of the latter two states could be discussed or even announced.

(nak with dpa)