Feed MRSS-S donald_rumsfeld_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:41:03 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-23/joschka-fischer-former-vice-chancellor-of-germany-putin-will-not-stop-he-will-continue-to-advance-westward.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:41:03 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-23/joschka-fischer-former-vice-chancellor-of-germany-putin-will-not-stop-he-will-continue-to-advance-westward.html Marc Bassets The former foreign minister, who brought the Greens into government, points out that Europe must prepare for the end of American protection: ‘We’ll see if NATO survives’ The former foreign minister, who brought the Greens into government, points out that Europe must prepare for the end of American protection: ‘We’ll see if NATO survives’ Berlin Gerhard Schröder Donald Trump Mark Rutte Donald Rumsfeld Friedrich Merz Washington D.C. Israel Slobodan Milosevic Benjamin Netanyahu Vladimir Putin China Gene Glover Joschka Fischer photographed in Berlin in March 2025. Joschka Fischer photographed in Berlin in March 2025. <p>There are images that never fade from a country’s memory, from its political and popular consciousness. One of them is that of Joschka Fischer (Gerabronn, Germany, 78 years old) wearing sneakers and being sworn in as a minister in the state of Hesse in 1985. For the first time, the Greens, a grassroots movement born a few years earlier, entered a regional government. It was a turning point. Thirteen years later, Fischer would become vice-chancellor and foreign minister in the first federal government with the Greens, allied with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democratic Party.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-23/joschka-fischer-former-vice-chancellor-of-germany-putin-will-not-stop-he-will-continue-to-advance-westward.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>