The German Ministry of Defense provided insufficient funds for military exercises in its 2023 budget. This was reported by the German newspaper with reference to the cost estimate for internal use. PHASE.
According to the material of the publication, the cost of military exercises is estimated at about 340 million euros, but the estimate shows only 253 million euros.According to the authors of the article, now the responsible ones are in the Ministry of Defense. they are trying to earn more money but it is unknown where they can find it.
FAZ also reported that in the autumn of 2022 the Bundeswehr was almost out of fuel, since the funds committed to it had already been spent by mid-October. It is stated that the situation with ammunition is even worse, because before the start of Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine, the Bundeswehr did not have about 20 billion euros to purchase them.
In December, the Rheinische Post cited a study by the German Economic Institute (IW). WroteGermany will not be able to meet NATO’s 2% target for defense spending in the near future. In 2022, it was recorded that despite the additional 100 billion euros allocated for Germany’s military needs, it reached the level of 1.44 percent of its defense expenditures.