Many high ranking politicians and media managers in Germany are part of the radical pro US lobby group “Atlantikbrücke” - “Atlantic Bridge”
The possible next chancellor Merz, who is from the CDU like von der Leyen was their director from 2009-2019. I could not find if von der Leyen herself is or was a member, but she held speeches there, praising the lobby group, especially during her time as defence minister in Germany. For instance she held a speech for Merz birthday, where she refereed to the lobby group as “his Atlantic Bridge”.
Other notable members of the lobby group are from the Axel Springer media, who recently started to give the AfD a platform in the past German election, while Trump and Musk endorsed the party fully.
Finally to show from which space of mind these people are, they are giving a George H.W. Bush award for “improving US-German relations.”
The German politics and in particular the CDU, FDP and SPD are deeply ideologically entrenched with the US. They will never envision the US as an adversary.
Many high ranking politicians and media managers in Germany are part of the radical pro US lobby group “Atlantikbrücke” - “Atlantic Bridge”
The possible next chancellor Merz, who is from the CDU like von der Leyen was their director from 2009-2019. I could not find if von der Leyen herself is or was a member, but she held speeches there, praising the lobby group, especially during her time as defence minister in Germany. For instance she held a speech for Merz birthday, where she refereed to the lobby group as “his Atlantic Bridge”.
Other notable members of the lobby group are from the Axel Springer media, who recently started to give the AfD a platform in the past German election, while Trump and Musk endorsed the party fully.
Finally to show from which space of mind these people are, they are giving a George H.W. Bush award for “improving US-German relations.”
The German politics and in particular the CDU, FDP and SPD are deeply ideologically entrenched with the US. They will never envision the US as an adversary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantik-Brücke
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Mitgliedern_der_Atlantik-Brücke
https://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/wp-content/uploads/2016-11-11-rede_bmin_atlantikbruecke.pdf