Roderich Kiesewetter, a CDU member of the Bundestag and foreign‑policy expert, offered a guarded stance on Germany’s potential role in securing the Strait of Hormuz. He told “Der Spiegel” that the federal government is not yet united on the legal assessment of such a contribution. He suggested that the newly formed National Security Council could prepare a proposal for the cabinet, and possibly the Bundestag, to decide on. “I do not want to pre‑empt that assessment and decision” Kiesewetter added.
Green Party deputy Anton Hofreiter expressed scepticism about any Wehrmacht presence in the strait. “I do not see how the German navy could or should help secure the Strait of Hormuz” he told the magazine. “The government should first ensure that the Bundeswehr confronts Russia’s shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea. Those are our immediate security interests, not an involvement in President Trump’s war of unclear purpose”.
Jan van Aken, leader of the Left, strongly opposed any German military involvement. “Germany must not participate in a mission in the Strait of Hormuz” he said. “The situation there is part of a war that began with unlawful attacks by Israel and the United States. Détente will only come when those attacks cease. The path to de‑escalation is clear: diplomacy, not more military forces in the Strait, and certainly no German participation in an illegal war” van Aken emphasized.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) reiterated last Friday that he sees no reason for an international military deployment to protect commercial vessels in the Hormuz Strait.
