They do not, at least so far, include German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union its Bavarian sister party, Christian Social Union, EPP candidate to succeed Juncker or Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's Austrian People's Party. ..…
Roderich Kiesewetter, a defense expert with Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (cdu) party, said, “If Russia doesn’t dismantle its systems, we must ensure Europe’s security and shouldn’t exclude any options, even nuclear ones.” . ..…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ended Russia's in Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, after United States first announced it would abandon the deal.. ..…