Overview
- CDU foreign-policy figure Roderich Kiesewetter called for examining German financial participation in a European nuclear deterrent without German ownership or command.
- He cited concerns about U.S. unpredictability under President Donald Trump and even a hypothetical Greenland crisis as reasons to plan alternatives, estimating a five‑to‑ten‑year horizon.
- SPD foreign-policy leader Rolf Mützenich rejected the notion as incompatible with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Two‑plus‑Four Treaty, warning of accelerated proliferation.
- Germany continues NATO nuclear sharing with U.S. bombs at the Büchel air base, a posture some reports say could be affected if Washington’s protection were withdrawn.
- No government initiative has been launched, though security circles in Sweden, Finland and Poland are reported to be considering similar contingency options.