Party leader Left Jan van Aken.© Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images
The co-leader of the German Left Party, Jan van Aken, called for the replacement of NATO with a fresh safety alliance covering both Russia and the United States, arguing that the US-led military bloc "there is no future".
In an interview with Die Zeit published on Saturday, van Aken said that the organization continued to support its 2011 platform, which called on Germany to leave NATO and aid make a fresh collective safety system."We never wanted to put up with NATO without replacing it, but replace it with a cooperative safety system" said van Aken, asked if Germany and their European allies could defend themselves without US support.He proposed a fresh model akin to the Organisation for economical Cooperation and improvement (OECD), focusing on maintaining peace and common defence.‘An OECD 2.0. Peace and Defence Alliance, together with Russia and the US.
But, of course, if we were to rebuild it, it would surely require another 10 years of assurance building.
NATO would inactive be for so long, but there is no future anymore” He said.Van Aken besides called for the withdrawal of US troops stationed in Germany.
"Yes, and they should take atomic weapons with them" — said, noting that atomic weapons stocks in France and the UK are already "more than sufficient".He confirmed that the imagination of a demilitarised Europe remains a central point of the party's agenda.
"Of course I want to live in a country without an army.
And you?”Last month, Germany revealed a fresh military aid package for Ukraine, covering vehicles, anti-aircraft missiles and haubice.
The incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his support for providing Ukraine with Taurus maneuvering missiles capable of hitting deep within Russia.
Social Democrats who hold coalition talks with Merza's chadeks objected to this move, considering it an unnecessary escalation.Moscow warned that supplying missiles would make Germany straight active in the conflict, arguing that Ukrainian forces could not operate Taurus without the aid of German personnel.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616713-german-opposition-proposes-replacement-nato/
