Germany Germany commits €100 billion to defense spending

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Germany has announced a plan to prioritize military spending in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A "special fund" will be set up to better equip the Bundeswehr.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a plan to beef up the German military on Sunday, pledging €100 billion ($112.7 billion) of the 2022 budget for the armed forces and repeating his promise to reach the 2% of gross domestic product spending on defense in line with NATO demands.


Scholz announced the new allocation in a speech during a special session of parliament on Germany's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He said the spending would include investments and armaments projects for the German military.

"We need to support Ukraine in its hour of desperate need," the chancellor said.


"In attacking Ukraine, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin does not just want to eradicate a country from the world map, he is destroying the European security structure," Scholz told German lawmakers.

Why is the defense boost important?​

"It's clear we need to invest significantly more in the security of our country in order to protect our freedom and our democracy,'' Scholz said.


Germany reported a record high in NATO defense spending for 2021, submitting a budget of €53 billion for the current year.


That figure marks a 3.2% increase over the year before. In 2020, spending was capped at an estimated €51.4 billion.


The €100 billion Scholz said would be dedicated for the armed forces this year is a one year boost though the move is significant, as Germany has often been criticized by the United States and other NATO allies for not investing enough in defense.

"We are not alone in defending peace," Scholz said, adding Germany would be deploying more forces to NATO's eastern flank.


Former German defense leaders have been publicly circumspect about the country's lack of military readiness since Putin gave a speech last Monday announcing his intentions and motivations for invading Ukraine.

Germany commits €100 billion to defense spending – DW – 02/27/2022

Germany has announced a plan to prioritize military spending in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A "special fund" will be set up to better equip the Bundeswehr.

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[RogerRanger]

It isn't enough, the Germans have under spent so much that they would have to spend 250 billion over the next decade to make up for it. And there is no way the Germans with massive energy prices, an aging population and all their other state obligations are going to get to the 100 billion number anywhere. The Germans are a spent power, they have nothing left.

Also nobody in Europe or Asia wants Germany or Japan to re-arm, only the American do, leading to the Germans and Japanese overthrowing the Americans and we have the WW2 situation all over again, with massive expansionist German and Japan. All because Russia and China wanted to free themselves from the American yoke.

There is a difference between Britain re-arming and being a threat to Ireland and the US, the Germany re-arming and threatening everybody in Europe or Japan threatening everybody in East Asia. But the Americans will once again try to balance the communist block with the Japanese navy and German army, just Germany/Japan are way richer now.

 

[what]

It isn't enough, the Germans have under spent so much that they would have to spend 250 billion over the next decade to make up for it. And there is no way the Germans with massive energy prices, an aging population and all their other state obligations are going to get to the 100 billion number anywhere. The Germans are a spent power, they have nothing left.

Also nobody in Europe or Asia wants Germany or Japan to re-arm, only the American do, leading to the Germans and Japanese overthrowing the Americans and we have the WW2 situation all over again, with massive expansionist German and Japan. All because Russia and China wanted to free themselves from the American yoke.

There is a difference between Britain re-arming and being a threat to Ireland and the US, the Germany re-arming and threatening everybody in Europe or Japan threatening everybody in East Asia. But the Americans will once again try to balance the communist block with the Japanese navy and German army, just Germany/Japan are way richer now.

Germany will spend an additional one time 100 bln on top of raising the yearly investments to, I believe, 100 bln €.

How good that money will be spent remains to be seen, because Germany is bureaucratic and slow. Then there's the issue of big money being spent on Consulting companies.

And regarding the rest of your post, Germans are mostly opposed to military adventures. So no need to be afraid.

 

[Blackbeardsgoldfish]

It isn't enough, the Germans have under spent so much that they would have to spend 250 billion over the next decade to make up for it. And there is no way the Germans with massive energy prices, an aging population and all their other state obligations are going to get to the 100 billion number anywhere. The Germans are a spent power, they have nothing left.

Also nobody in Europe or Asia wants Germany or Japan to re-arm, only the American do, leading to the Germans and Japanese overthrowing the Americans and we have the WW2 situation all over again, with massive expansionist German and Japan. All because Russia and China wanted to free themselves from the American yoke.

There is a difference between Britain re-arming and being a threat to Ireland and the US, the Germany re-arming and threatening everybody in Europe or Japan threatening everybody in East Asia. But the Americans will once again try to balance the communist block with the Japanese navy and German army, just Germany/Japan are way richer now.

Domestic opinion in Germany is fairly anti-war. It's a functioning democracy now, and not lead by a militarist Prussia with a Kaiser or Hitler and the nazis that don't need to care for public opinion.

The armament industry is going to have a field day though

 

[HTurk]

Half of the money will be spent on nursery schools, gender awareness seminars and stylish maternity clothes for male soldiers.

Don't get me wrong. As a Gay, I support more inclusion and colour in the army but now is the time for hard spending: new weapon systems, rising R&D expenditure, implementing of modern training techniques etc.

 

[Blackbeardsgoldfish]

Half of the money will be spent on nursery schools, gender awareness seminars and stylish maternity clothes for male soldiers.

Don't get me wrong. As a Gay, I support more inclusion and colour in the army but now is the time for hard spending: new weapon systems, rising R&D expenditure, implementing of modern training techniques etc.

Please keep the thread on topic. The report did in fact state that the money would get invested into armaments projects, and not what you said.

 

[Hexciter]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1502188205659074563

 

[Mehmed Ali]

Maybe solar panels powered tanks will be procured