Islam Times – German politician Sahra Wagenknecht slammed rising calls for nuclear rearmament, branding the proposals as “madness.”Germany is barred from developing nuclear weapons under international law, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the 1990 Two Plus Four Treaty.
Earlier this month, Kay Gottschalk, the parliamentary finance policy spokesman for Alternative for Germany [AfD], said that Berlin “needs nuclear weapons,” arguing that Europe can no longer rely on US protection.
On X, Wagenknecht, founder of the Bundnis Sahra Wagenknecht party, warned that “the cross-front for the nuclear rearmament of Germany is growing,” noting that AfD, CDU, and former Green leaders are now calling for a German or European atomic bomb. “What madness,” she wrote.
Fischer urged European nuclear rearmament with Germany leading, while Kiesewetter suggested Berlin “contribute financially” to a European nuclear umbrella.
Wagenknecht warned Germany’s nuclear plans would violate international law, undermine global arms control, and that US missiles in the country pose a major security risk.
Wagenknecht warned that “the missile deployment undermines the nuclear balance” and raises the risk of Germany becoming a target, calling instead for disarmament and the removal of US weapons: “US atomic bombs out! No US intermediate-range missiles in Germany!”