the, the, this is dw, use life from the land for the 1st time in germany is on bathing a national security strategy. the government is publishing the document. after many disagreements, it's expected to focus on foreign and defense policy, and how germany sees it's folded in the box the

. i've been visible and welcome to dw special coverage. germany is set to one veil . it's 1st national security strategy which has been used in the major. it will provide an overview of germany's foreign policy and information on things such as defense spending is expected to address what the government views as growing military, economic, and social threats. the 3 coalition party said, promised to work on this strategy and november 2021. but the idea of gained urgency off to ross's invasion of ukraine said you'd like on the state of the german military law on this. let's speak to dw street political correspondent, need a, has a need out. what can we expect from the strategy? well ben, i just received a box and minutes ago,

a copy of the deputies fast of a national security strategy. and i've only had time to read the introduction by the germantown, so that will less towards so that 1st up i would like to stress that it has been kept under wraps. they were very, very careful not to leak anything because it is the 1st time that this government is actually trying to integrate all sorts of aspects, all sorts of ministerial responsibilities as well. when it comes to laying out the ground, works for just wedge avenue, sees itself in the future who needs to do what, where do we need improvement in terms of resilience in terms of preparation, etc. and all of towards in this introduction speaks of a, an integrated security approach that encompasses, of course, the threats coming from the rest as well against ukraine. but also that he says the world is moving towards a multiplier t. what definitely needs to be breasted for pad it needs to diversify,

and that includes also making sol, that trade routes are safe. then they address the topic of the climate crisis. and you know, not so i would say what i'm taking away from this so far without having heard the details, of course, is as a germany for the very 1st time is actually trying to improve its strategic thinking. for a very long time. government governments were living under the impression that threats external threats was sort of manageable and that you could live on a day by day basis. this is the very 1st time that the german government is giving the country a strategy because things can go wrong. russia's brutal war against ukraine is challenging the european security order, but it has also led to this process that germany wants to be better prepared when it comes to threats from the outside. you know, has around chief political correspondent um we'll let uses to through that document

with watching live pictures now of the press conference. and i believe we can go over now to uh see what uh, old shots and his uh, medicines have to say uh, they just setting up that press conference as we speak. as you heard from nina, this would be germany's 1st national security strategy of modern times. it's a like the documents that has been used in the making and will be very interesting to shed some light on germany's defense spending its defense strategy. and also its role in the world, of course, as a global player and need a we will. um, while we're waiting for them to set up it, is there anything else you want to say when it comes to spending on defense? we'll, we'll jump into commit to nato's request for its members to spend at least 2 percent of the g, d. p on defense. yes, and that is uh, probably the biggest news story of the day germany is writing down in this national

security strategy paper that it is committing to the 2 percent goal. that means a 2 percent of the country's gdp will be over a couple of days on average advocare. but that's offense on the course of elizabeth . and that's something and we'll come back to in a moment. first, let's cross over to that press conference. when would you want to change the short term, the 4th to the next 9, the jobs put together to be who is entering the national security strategy. and for that a welcome very well on the federal charges on that side. also, i would like to extend the warmest congratulations on your birthday, on behalf of the executives and also wish you the best of health of calls payable. so beside him for a minister and the bulk federal minutes to finance christ, i'm not until i left the red road minister into a nancy phase and minister of defense arrest historians. one will come to own a few, a few minutes to live site. the federal thompson form and it says at the same time,

this is selma saying we have then at least since 1978. this is of what is in the national in the archives of the federal press conference in 2001 we had 6 female minister for the women today. yeah, that was the highest number, but without the chance the otherwise we had the chance it was 3 minutes is in the seventy's and eighty's for example. you don't mr. schmidt on the budget. maybe we can repeat that before the beginning of the medical was done. so here's one more comment. we're transmitted live, the federal press conference has melvin's situation of the federal government. emphasis. what is important for us as an independent association of john the list we hold press conferences such that our members can report about the federal policies and then the well founded way. and here's the 2nd comment. for the questions, people in room 5 to think right? as a beginning, august and leaves, i only want to accept questions because for the people that concern the national

security strategy and some of the questions off the last place that we should solve benefits for the american. so these were my primary content over to you, the results i'm attempting to put more than glad, just the gentleman in the terms of what it is, a relatively unusual if the federal child so together with other than papa's ministers and friends comes to the building of the federal press conference i'm aware of that at the federal cabinets today, has an interview with you on the very important decision that hasn't made for the 1st time of the history of the country. we have a national security strategy for germany. we have worked up a line of it used to be called the white paper and was limited to defense policies and now it follows a much more comprehensive, systematic approach that comprises many agencies industries and the traits lines. there's arrows that work was done on the the offices of the, of our administrative. this is why i wanted to extend my wellness thanks to annalynn of dental and the team. i'll see you jump in for an office for the dentist

commitment and fall for that work that allowed do that work to be attend item months after the government take off as well. so i think all of the members of the federal government, some of them are representative for the very constructive deliberations of the past month. unable to go to court in the negotiations on the formation of the commission, we had agreed that we would work up such a national security strategy again that this was before the tide vendor, the tiny part in history before the invasion in ukraine, before the brutal war of aggression that has since been raging into ukraine and before the explosion of the norfolk pipelines. i emphasize all these events to make clear this house for thoughts on a line tone related security environment in the has changed for germany and the how splendid to help us. despite all changes, it remains to call task offered to the state to ensure the security of its citizens

without any qualifications because without security, there is no freedom, no stability, and also buys no prosperity, consistency, the national security strategy. it follows the vision of integrated security. so i know it's not only about the defense along the guns, the bonus van that just latree, but the whole range of thought security diplomacy as well as police back at $55.00 to the false is a technical emergency services or the development corporation, cyber security. and the resilience often deliver it changes and all these means in an instrumentalist must be death, tiles and work together in order to strengthen and protect the security of our country against accidental the judge such as the national security strategy and to say that clearly is not an end point, but a starting point from which we will see a continuous process of collaboration between allstate levels, business sector, and the society to strengthen our secure to last thing. these gemini is

a strong country and really of emphasis. why for the tasks lying ahead? can protect us with the phone is confidence and trust because what remains central is our security policy identity. your gemini is routing and the you repeat union and the trans atlantic alliance of deep friendship with fronts. and our close, i think isn't the partnerships with us, just 3 things. ok. firstly, the strength of our democratic institutions. second, see the strength of our business sector, and sadly, the coherence in our society. this is what is and focus for us and it has to be in focus for all of us, all waiting until the buttons as well as the judgment. after these introductory books, i would like to ask and 99 to sketch the call points of the national security threat to do before christian will add some comments and then we have counseling questions, the head and miners. thank you and also good, very good morning, phil night. it has the chance to ahead already set aside for us as the german

government. this is a very special day because the federal republic of germany, for the 1st time, has given itself a national institute, instructed to all the person i'm to speak of. you cut, you know, a father had to none with a brutal gression of russia. again, to pray that freedom and fees do not fall out of the sky since the 24th of february 2022. it has become clear once more. so i'm not on god. i was also many of our neighbors. and to be honest, i have one that you wrote to is vulnerable to be charged for the decision in favor of the security strategy pm 20. since he was mad before the 24th of february, as we will be aware, the coalition of called christian, we reach an understanding on having the national security strategy on the site and then the, the turning point in history, all federal, sean. so the coined, i'm showed the urgency and also all the just asked to, to, to change our position in terms of security and then the,

and then integrated way integrated security. this is, 1st of all the technical to you, but in fact is quite simple, integrated security, this means not to little relevant players. so as i'm working with means and instruments play together and work with each other so much that the security for our country can be maintained at the comprehensive way provide and continues to strengthen us and protect us against the threats. because even the challenges to us accurate team can be found in all realms the fly will not security and the 21st century. this is more than just the military and diplomacy i the model is one to 2 until the 21st century left. this means and the pharmacy to be able, lifesaving medication reliably. it's means when children within friends to not to be spied on by china or when scrolling through the social networks, but not to be manipulated. the russians thought skins of our security however,

also stops for every one of us. in the morning when we're in the shower with clean water, we're taking this hot water and the sun tea that the quantity of it is check time. and again, some may say now, especially in view of the last months, we have had many discussions about things, which is really good. it's quite clear that lead was as part of security. all that our gas storage facilities are well filled. but this to indicates what these outside inventor has meant, namely, what just of what has become natural for all of us. and what last of 12 months was not so easy. and 12 months ago, i was a member of the economic committee at that time at the largest gas storage facility in germany to be as f stories and they did was sold to gas problems, have been selected for ocean and perhaps, and technical um it is the only that was the question and debate about whether

that's the 6 security question, but obviously this was assessed in a different way. so faced with this exciting village is turning point in history, this government has set the costs and impulse and wait for the security of a country within measurement strategies. if you see something on page 55 that has already been implemented, like for example, that the robot how big the overnight basically has made sure that this gets storage . the sea includes the guns to be brought back and still. then we consciously based on our responsibility for them, and of course we did not wait for the sales, the press conference, and the presentation of our national security strategy. but working it's right to say body working, inviting. this was the process of this national security strategy, and many things still has, has already been implemented. so we have set ourselves a program of work as of the jones who has said, this is a aside something signal for our joints, a 3 1st. in this field of the military preparedness to protect against violence and

fall and protection of in viability of our life. everything to be put on track. secondly, in the field of resilience, namely the ability of on democracy to resistance our market economy to resist constraints and dependents from outside such date and the field of sustainability. the protection of our natural resources, in particular with a view to the climate crisis on this of on, you know, matches to who is this was program in the entire society. this is why this security strategy is not the strategy of the government alone, but of our entire society by the russian war of aggression has showed that to maybe that the decisions we make can only be live in a safe and secure way. not story out is a city that's the is it's and you can just see which treatment sconce also implies that security also in hospitals.