This is CBS High in the World. I'm John Bachelor. National Security Strategy for Germany,

fresh information. The paragraph that reads verhoft robust. This is the coalition government

telling the people of Germany and the people of Europe wrote ahead for defense, for security,

for expenditures, for commitments, and for reversals of fortune of these last months in the

war in Ukraine. Verhoft robust is the translation. Verhoft divide is robustness. The Paramount

Task of German Security Policy writes the document, is to ensure that we can continue to live

in our country in peace, freedom, and security. Germany's security is indivisible from

that of our European partners and allies. Our commitment to NATO and the EU is unshakable.

We stand resolutely by the mutual defense pledge under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

It goes on that is enough to say that Germany is standing tall in these months of turmoil,

but especially now with the disorder in the Russian Federation in Ukraine across all of

Europe because of doubts about Vladimir Putin. Tudy, a very good day to you. The National Security

Strategy translated into English reads like a document that has been written many times before,

but I understand this is new, this is fresh. What should we pay most attention to in this

document and your measure before we turn to your colleagues comments? Good day to you.

Good day, John. Thank you for having me on your show. This is a document that tries to explain

how Germany is changing, how is it trying to put some, how would you call it, meet on the

design vendor, the big speech that Chancellor Shulz gave when Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February

2022 and it sets out a whole list of measures like a shopping list, it doesn't go as far as it

should, but it says Russia is the main threat, a lot of emphasis on transatlantic relations,

and relations with Europe. Let's call us a document of progress because sports lacking

is complementing it with the National Security Council because none of the parties can

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