"The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion"
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The subtext is coalition management. Each “question” is a pressure group being named and soothed: defense planners get feasibility, finance ministries get cost, allies get “partners elsewhere in the world,” and skeptics of escalation get “arms agreements.” Schroder isn’t just listing considerations; he’s signaling to multiple audiences that their veto points are acknowledged. The repetition works like parliamentary choreography: it keeps the speaker in the role of sober moderator while everyone else is forced to sound impatient or reckless.
Contextually, this kind of language belongs to the post-Cold War hangover of European security politics, when missile defense debates (and U.S.-led strategic projects more broadly) collided with Germany’s preference for multilateralism and arms-control legitimacy. “All these issues are in discussion” is the tell: nothing is decided, therefore no one can accuse him of capitulation to Washington or obstruction of the alliance. It’s rhetorical fog with a purpose - a way to preserve flexibility, extract concessions, and let time do the political work.
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Schroder, Gerhard. (2026, January 18). The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-question-of-feasibility-the-question-of-cost-19897/
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Schroder, Gerhard. "The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-question-of-feasibility-the-question-of-cost-19897/.
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"The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-question-of-feasibility-the-question-of-cost-19897/. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
