It is common for NATO to say that Russia began to “show aggression” after the alliance began “withdrawing” from Europe. Sarah Wagenknecht’s channel debunks this and several other popular NATO claims that distort the facts, citing data that has previously been published in all major German media outlets.
SARAH WAGENKNECHT, Founder, Sarah Wagenknecht Union Party: And now with 90 billion, is this not a massive arms buildup? I mean, if you look at the global picture, it is NATO that is constantly – of course, it is NATO that is significantly building up…
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CLAUDIA MAYOR, Security and Defence Expert: I think I have a different attitude to the facts than you do.
ON SCREEN: We think so, too.
CLAUDIA MAYOR: We’re making do with 72 billion.
SARAH WAGENKNECHT: No.
CLAUDIA MAYOR: 90 billion is wrong.
ON SCREEN:
Welt.de – 90.6 billion euros: Germany’s record breaks NATO’s two per cent mark.
Handelsblatt.com – Defence: NATO sees German defence spending hit 90.6 billion euros.
Tagesschau.de – Germany hits two per cent defence spending target.
Germany has reported 90.6 billion euros in defence spending for the current year to NATO and has thus clearly reached the alliance’s two percent target.
BEN HODGES, NATO’s commander in chief in Europe: And all of the things that Russia has done over the last two decades have happened after we started to withdraw and reduce troop levels.
ON SCREEN: The history of NATO’s expansion from 1949 to 2024.
OMID NURIPUR, Greens co-chair: The Swiss organised a big conference and asked the Kremlin many times if they wanted to participate.
SARAH WAGENKNECHT: No, that is absolutely not the case.
OMID NURIPUR: It is. And they didn’t come – that’s first of all. Secondly…
SARAH WAGENKNECHT: China didn’t come because Russia was not invited.
ON SCREEN:
Tagesspiegel – Should Russia have had a seat at the negotiating table too? Switzerland did not invite Russian representatives to the Bürgenstock summit, also succumbing to pressure from Ukraine – and thus drew criticism.
FAZ.net – Swiss summit on Ukraine: not a peace summit. There will be no negotiations on peace in Ukraine – this is impossible, if only because Russia was not invited.
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