Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s Defence Minister, underlined during the evening of Friday 5 October, in an interview broadcast on Euronews, that her country wanted to take on more responsibility in the military field.
“Two or three years ago, all the members of the federal government clearly said it was time Germany took on a greater and more significant role”, she explained, adding that this involved the development of different skills in “diplomacy, development cooperation and also...