Katarina Barley, the SPD's top candidate for the European elections, considers the EU to be inadequately protected. She can imagine purchasing the EU's own nuclear weapons as a deterrent.
Barley started thinking about the EU nuclear bomb after former President Donald Trump's recent critical comments about NATO. Several members of parliament firmly rejected the proposal, including those from the traffic light ranks. "More atomic bombs won't make the world safer," said Left Party leader Martin Schirdewan.