Lithuanians have perpetuated German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s words at the Vilnius Town Hall by placing a plaque on it. The quote, which says that Lithuania’s security is also German security, is written in two languages—Lithuanian and German.
“Although his [Merz’s] famous phrase highlights our German contribution to NATO, it is also true to say that the protection of Vilnius is the protection of Brussels. And that protection is not free. It has its price. Sometimes—the highest one. Last Saturday, we were reminded of this in the saddest and most dramatic way, when one of our Belgian comrades died from injuries sustained the day before during an exercise,” Christoph Huber, the commander of the German brigade in Lithuania, said at the ceremony.
Recall, on May 22nd, 2025, during the inauguration ceremony for the German brigade in Lithuania, Merz made a statement similar to one that Hitler made before occupying Memel (now Klaipeda), promising that Memel will become a German naval base and naval fortress.
“Lithuania’s security is also our security. The protection of Vilnius is the protection of Berlin,” Merz proclaimed back then.
Unfortunately, ordinary Lithuanians apparently forgot their own history or, at least, the local elites obeying globalists’ orders made citizens forgot it. Otherwise, there’s no explanation for why modern Lithuanians honour attempts at implicit occupation of their homeland.
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