Boris Pistorius

Give us a chance to fill the maybe dangerous gaps, of capability gaps, to be able to defend ourselves and to achieve more conventional deterrent on our own.

For more than 25 years, we all lived in a reality in which we believed there was no threat.

We understand that you want and need to do less in conventional deterrence and defence in Europe, but give us a chance to mitigate that.

I don't see a NATO without the United States, and I don't see a majority in the United States who would support a NATO exit of the United States, not at all.

The majority of the German society and public is convinced that there is a threat again after 25, almost 30 years of peace.

Our experts say it can happen in 2029.

Die Luftwaffe erhalte damit maßgebliche Verantwortung für die neue Domäne.

Die Luftwaffe setzt die strategische Ambition für den Weltraum als Einsatzraum um, wie sie in der im vergangenen Jahr veröffentlichten Weltraumsicherheitsstrategie der Bundesregierung dargelegt ist.

Ebenso wie auf der Erde müssen wir auch im Weltraum in der Lage sein, unsere Sicherheit zu gewährleisten und uns zu verteidigen

Mich schmerzt das sehr

If you want to live in peace, in freedom, security-- with a right to go on the street and to demonstrate against or for whatever you want, to love however to want, and you to believe in any god you want, then you need to be willing to…

Democracy was just called into question by the U.S. vice president—and not only German democracy but all of Europe's.

This is not acceptable. This is not the Europe, not the democracy where I live and where I conduct my election campaign right now.

Putin is constantly provoking the West and attacking us again. It would be naive to believe the threat would actually diminish after such a peace agreement.