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For press inquiries, please contact us by email at [email protected].
Or contact the press officers directly:
Chris Schaefer, Press Officer, at +1 202 642 7727 or [email protected]
Angelina Sutalo, Senior Press Officer, at +32 486 514 479 or [email protected].
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February 7, 2022
“ The point is: Scholz can't come empty-handed. He has to change the status quo. Instead of being very taciturn, which is his style, he needs to come to Washington w/ a clear message why Germany is on board w/ the western alliance in this crisis vis-à-vis Ukraine.”
“ NATO has to prepare for every possible military scenario. It is not unrealistic to think that Russia could create a border incident with Estonia to distract attention from an invasion in Ukraine.”
“ German voters may not want their country to supply weapons, but they want their leader to be visible in the diplomatic effort. And that is something that should be within Scholz’s reach.”
“ European and North American members [need] to live up to this political obligation after 12 years of uninterrupted autocratisation in Hungary and delegate observers in appropriate numbers.”
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