The political scientist spoke about Germany's desire to regain its former greatness

Natalia Eremina, professor of the Department of European Studies at the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University, noted in an interview with Izvestia that in Germany the authorities plan to return it to its former, conditional greatness, which was inherent in the country in different historical periods of time.

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"The Germans and their leaders always have a desire to play a big role in the affairs of Europe and the world. They start demanding some special preferences sooner or later anyway," the expert noted.

According to the political scientist, Germany is already asserting its leadership more actively.

"The country renounces the status of a political dwarf and strives to regain its former status as a significant and great power, because only a global power can have such serious space [projects] that it needs to protect its national security interests in space, and actually even do it on its own," the specialist emphasized.

She added that Germany, as a country of the European Union (EU), sees that militarization is a necessary condition for supporting industry.

"Because there are no other opportunities to attract investments from outside, primarily from direct patrons from the United States. In addition, only militarization and contribution to the military economy can explain to the population why they should suffer," the analyst believes.

According to Eremina, with the help of militarization, the German authorities are trying to keep the economy afloat.

"It's always tied to the situation in Ukraine, the German voter is told that he must suffer because the country needs to defeat the supposedly evil Russia," Eremina explained.

Earlier, the German authorities presented the first national space security strategy in the Bundestag. By 2030, it is planned to allocate €35 billion from the military budget for its implementation. The authors of the initiative believe that it is designed to protect the orbital infrastructure of Germany from attacks and potential threats allegedly emanating from the Russian Federation and China.

Details of this concept can be found in the Izvestia article:

Germans in space: Germany has decided to defend its extraterrestrial strategic interests

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