German site: Why is the media pressing Berlin on the armament?

A report published by the World Socialist website in Germany has raised concerns about Germany's leading media in light of political developments in the country and amid changes in American and international attitudes.

"The source of this concern is that the global political framework that has enabled Germany to rise to become a great economic power and to control class conflicts is over," says author Peter Schwarz in his report.

He adds that there is also a sense of hostility in the belief that the crisis in global capitalism necessarily requires intense military intervention and the imposition of another round of taxes.

In this context, the writer attributed to the magazine "Der Spiegel" its call to accelerate the process of rearmament, although the increase in arms expenditures of 2% of GDP or more than 80 billion dollars annually.

Call for courage
Under the headline "More courage," the magazine says the current world will be "a world without the United States," adding that ensuring NATO assistance would be nothing but vague hope.

She believes that for this reason German politics must have the courage to speak out about the security the country desires.

The site is attributed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to confirm her intention to rearm the country faster, saying that "we must take on a greater responsibility for our own interests."

In the next two years, Germany will become a member of the United Nations Security Council, Berlin will work to find solutions on international issues and its defense spending will rise, Merkel said.

Military tendency
The writer stresses that the parties in the parliament did not show opposition to the return of militarism in Germany, pointing out that these parties, starting from the extreme right-wing party, "the alternative for Germany" to the party "Greens", to the left party, all support this idea, not Especially if the move to rearm is justified and came in reaction to the positions of US President Donald Trump.

The author argues that militarism in Germany does not receive much support from the German people, so the armed forces have a great difficulty finding enough recruits.

He adds that the vast majority opposes the increase in arms purchase expenses and the deployment of NATO soldiers on the Russian border.

With the return of militarism, the author argues that the ruling class is likely to return to authoritarian methods to suppress all anti-war movements, as well as to achieve tragic levels of inequality among social classes.

A disaster
As in World War I and II, the world is heading towards a disaster if the working class does not intervene in time.

In this context, some parties are working to create an anti-war movement based on the efforts of the international working class, which combines the struggle against war with the struggle against capitalism.

The site notes that the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, for its part, spoke of the dangers facing Germany in 2019. She said the country faces an uncertain future and that the German nation is living in difficult times.

The situation is due to the presence of an unrestricted US president by opposition leaders in his government and to a European union that is shackled by the chaos of the bricast, adding that protectionist policy is slowing the global economy, which is a victory for the populace.

influential factors
The newspaper lists factors that it believes are likely to affect the United States directly - Trump's chaos, the resignation of US Defense Secretary James Matisse, the growing strength of the Taliban in Afghanistan, chaos in Syria, Russia's presence and the return of al Qaeda.

The writer also points to the position of the Züddeutsche Zeitung, which believes that the Trump approach represents the biggest challenge facing Germany.

The newspaper quotes Matisse's resignation and the speech of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against the European Union in Brussels, which is proof that Trump's approach is not only about problems in his personality, but about the existence of an extremist ideological movement behind him.

In the view of the author of the report that Germany is trying to abandon the defense of its economic and geopolitical interests, in the struggle for liberalism and pluralism against American nationalism, especially that its military strength is not comparable to the strength of the United States.

His report concluded that at the beginning of 2014, representatives of the German government announced that Germany should stop "commenting on world politics while taking the position of spectator," and play a military role in line with its economic weight. He says that Germany has followed the method of rearming from then on.