In November 2022 former minister president of the Saarland Oskar Lafontaine and leader of the [[SPD]] demanded the closure of all American military bases in Germany and proposed forgoing a separate military alliance with France apart from NATO after the American attack and destruction of German civilian infrastructure on the [[Nordstream]] pipeline, and America's [[proxy war]] against Russia in Ukraine.<ref>https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/512679/Lafontaine-gegen-Biden-Die-USA-und-ihre-westlichen-Vasallen-samt-ihrer-Propaganda-Medien-sind-nicht-zum-Frieden-faehig</ref> | In November 2022 former minister president of the Saarland Oskar Lafontaine and leader of the [[SPD]] demanded the closure of all American military bases in Germany and proposed forgoing a separate military alliance with France apart from NATO after the American attack and destruction of German civilian infrastructure on the [[Nordstream]] pipeline, and America's [[proxy war]] against Russia in Ukraine.<ref>https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/512679/Lafontaine-gegen-Biden-Die-USA-und-ihre-westlichen-Vasallen-samt-ihrer-Propaganda-Medien-sind-nicht-zum-Frieden-faehig</ref> |