German foreign minister wants Germany to lead in NATO

“Germany is accepting its leadership responsibility,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stated yesterday before meeting other nato foreign ministers in Sweden. His goal is a “new burden-sharing arrangement that reflects Germany’s and Europe’s economic and military potential.” To give Germany a “greater role,” he called for more “intensive defense cooperation.” nato was founded, in part, to “keep the Germans down,” as one early British official characterized it. But now, a new German war machine is rising within it.