In Response to Russian Aggression, Germany Should Trigger NATO’s Article 4
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According to the CDU foreign politician, the Russian House and the Consulate General had already had to be closed for security reasons. He called for consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty.
CDU politicians call for consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty +++ Moscow announces "hard response" to German measures +++ Rome examines
According to the CDU foreign politician, Russia sees purely diplomatic and symbolic measures as a sign of weakness. Article 4 provides for ally consultations if a NATO state declares itself to be endangered from outside. However, the Federal Government does not want to.
"What would we really have done if 10, 50 or 100 people had died in Leipzig and the traces had led to the Russian state? Would the answer have been more sanctions? Diplomats out? NATO Article 4?", ponders researcher Henri Vanhanen.
Lithuania's defense minister stressed that NATO must adapt to Russian hybrid threats, following the failed drone attack in Leipzig, blamed on Russia by Germany.
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