Numerous prominent Social Democrats in Germany demand a U-turn in foreign and security policy, expressing their views in a policy paper they call a “Manifesto.”
This document has been made available to Stern publication, which reports that the authors urge talks with Russia and a halt to the stationing of new US medium-range missiles in Germany.
The signatories, including former parliamentary party leader Rolf Mützenich, foreign policy expert Ralf Stegner, former party leader Norbert Walter-Borjans and former Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel, are thus taking a fundamentally different line to that of the German government and the SPD leadership.
