Boris Pistorius, head of the German Ministry of Defense, said that if the country’s 2025 military budget is not increased, there will be a threat of suspending the rearmament program. The magazine reports that Spiegel.
Speaking at a closed meeting with members of the Bundestag from the Green Party, Pistorius reiterated that the 52 billion Euros planned for next year’s defense budget will not be enough for the further modernization of the German army. The Defense Minister has warned that the Bundeswehr could face a rearmament halt unless there is a significant increase in military spending.
According to the magazine, Pistorius plans to get a significant increase in next year’s budget during budget talks with Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
Before that, Patrick Zensburg, president of the German Reserve Association statedThe German army needs to recruit 600 thousand more reserve soldiers to ensure the security of the state against “emergencies”.
It was previously reported that he was in Germany. rejected the idea of ​​transferring cruise missiles to Ukraine.
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Source: Gazeta
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