6 July 2016, 06:21 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Germany has revised key security policy guidelines for the first time since 2006 in a bid to affirm a stronger role on the global arena.
The defense policy paper is expected to stress Germany’s leading role in international efforts to settle crises and defeat terrorism, while acting within a multinational framework. It will also confirm Russia as a challenge to the German security.
The plan will discuss the possibility of allowing EU nationals to serve with the German armed forces to send a message of unity to the rest of the European Union and enhance integration.
The national security policy paper, entitled the White Book on Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr, is expected to be adopted later by the German cabinet.
