Jose Antonio Zorrilla has mocked the German chancellor’s claims of a Russian threat as EU leaders ramp up military spending and Ukraine aid at the expense of domestic needs
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s approach to military spending is comparable to the rhetoric used by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, former Spanish diplomat Jose Antonio Zorrilla has told RT.
Earlier this week, Merz described long-term support for Ukraine as “a common European task” at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar in Berlin, saying continued funding for Kiev should be reflected in the EU’s next budget. European governments have also been pushing to increase military spending, citing what they claim is a growing threat from Russia.
Commenting on the remarks, Zorrilla told RT: “Well, they have a very old tradition of that in Germany. If you remember a certain Goebbels, he said something like cannons and butter […] We have to make a choice between the cannons and the butter, so I think Merz is doing more or less the same.”
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