MUNICH â When the visiting American dignitaries hammered home their desire for Europe to spend more on their militaries in recent days, their biggest target was the Continent’s richest nation â Germany.
Washington’s pointed attacks on Berlin â whether over its open-door policy for refugees or its too favorable trade balances â have by now become a feature of transatlantic relations. But the American push on defense, unlike the others, is opening a new front in the coming German electoral campaign and could make U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand a wedge issue.
On the right of center, the American intervention echoes what …read more
Source: European Voice