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Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten – daran führt kein Weg vorbei

DGB Chef Rainer Hoffmann
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Der DGB-Vorsitzende Reiner Hoffmann fordert ein Ende des “Aufrüstungswahnsinns” und ein neues, erweitertes Sicherheitsverständnis. Die Rede hielt er am 5. Dezember 2020 auf der Zentralen Kundgebung des Aktionstags “Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten” vor dem Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin.

“Was wir brauchen, ist ein grundlegendes Umdenken. Was wir brauchen, ist ein erweitertes Sicherheitsverständnis. Ein Sicherheitsverständnis, in dessen Mittelpunkt der sozial gerechte Übergang in eine klimaneutrale Wirtschaft steht, das auf soziale statt auf militärische Sicherheit setzt, das auf Konfliktvermeidung und Krisenprävention setzt, das nicht immerzu neue Fluchtursachen erzeugt, sondern darauf abzielt, Fluchtursachen zu bekämpfen. Das bedeutet auch, dass wir ein Vielfaches der heutigen Ausgaben für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und humanitäre Hilfe brauchen. Abrüsten statt Aufrüsten – daran führt kein Weg vorbei.”

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