German chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to make Germany Europe’s number 1 nuclear superpower over fears that the US will leave NATO. According to Merkel, Germany will begin the process of acquiring nuclear weapons so that it has a nuclear arsenal that can compete with Russia. Express.co.uk reports: Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior MP from Angela Merkel’s CDU party and foreign policy spokesman, has also called for Germany to take a leading role in the EU becoming a nuclear superpower. Mr Kiesewetter said he wants Germany to fund efforts for a “nuclear shield” for the bloc by helping Europe’s only nuclear powers, the UK and France, to boost their arsenals. He said: “Europe must start planning for its own security in case the Americans sharply raise the cost of defending the continent, or decide to leave completely.” Spiegel magazine has also raised the question of whether it is time for Germany to become a nuclear power. In an unusual statement, the German government has been forced to deny any interest in the nuclear effort. A spokesman for Mrs Merkel said: “There are no plans for nuclear armament in Europe involving the federal government.” It comes ahead of the annual Munich Security [...]
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