Kwestie bezpieczeństwa i obrony w programach wyborczych niemieckich partii politycznych w 2019 roku
Security and Defense Issues in the European Election Programs of the German Political Parties in 2019

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzed the electoral programs of the largest German parties published before the European Parliament election (26 May 2019) in terms of defense and security policy. The parties’ programs were included, which in the last federal election (2017) gained over 5% of votes, thus: CDU / CSU, Alliance 90 / The Greens, SPD, AfD, Die Linke and FDP. In his analysis, the author focused on the approach of German parties to such issues as: Common Security and Defence Policy (including, inter alia, taken in 2017 permanent structured cooperation – PESCO), development of European defense structures, attitude to NATO, cooperation of defense industries, arms exports and relations with Russia. The analysis of the programs has shown that the postulates of the CDU / CSU, SPD, The Greens’ and FDP are in many respects consistent with the most important German strategic documents (White Paper 2016, coalition agreement of 2018). AfD rejects the development of European defense structures, and instead proposes to develop a national army (Bundeswehra) and strengthen Germany’s involvement in NATO. In Die Linke’s program dominates pacifism.

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