While the Trump government continues to request an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, the Europeans, for the first time in decades, focus on their military power.
There is no prominent change as in Germany. Their armed forces, known as Bundeswehr, were victims of years of sub -investment – but this should change.
Counselor Friedrich Mirz decided that It is time for Germany to invest in its armed forcesIn levels that have not been seen since the Cold War.
Germany has just agreed to a great renewal of the constitutional debt brake and open billions of euros in financing.
Common model with CNN He suggested that within 10 years, with Germany spending 3.5 % of GDP, this could reach 600 billion euros (nearly four trillion Reese).
A CNN Today he spent Bundeswehr at the place of unveiled it in central Germany, while five NATO allies participated in the training.
The simulation was an attack from a “foreign opponent” to another member of the coalition.
Speaking at the temporary headquarters of the simulation, German Major General Ralph Harristin commented CNN“Germany is a capable country in Europe and must be a partner for other countries. We are a responsible partner in Europe and a wonderful country. We have to take a step forward and we will do that.”
The great invasion was widely for Ukraine in February 2022, a crucial moment of the continent. The war had returned and has been broken since the fall of the iron curtain (dividing Europe in the Cold War between West and Eastern).
In Berlin, the period known as German as “Zeitenwende” – or “turning”. In fact, the beginning of the effort to increase military spending was again.
Olaf Schools commented that the country needs a new defensive and security policy – and that the Bundesoher needs special care.
He created a single fund worth 100 billion euros (about 620 billion rings) for “comprehensive investment” in the armed forces. For this, Schulz had to change the basic law – mainly the country’s constitution.
Although this fund was well received, the implementation of the policy was weak, and he led the government’s internal conflicts and conflicts in the end of the loss of the loss of their jobs.
Mirz is now looking to strengthen zeitenwende.
Sudha David-Wilp, the first researcher at GERMAN Marshal Fund of the United, commented, which is a reflection group CNN “Merz and (its alliance) needs to accelerate this … Now there is a lot of competition for the great power and solid power is the currency of international politics.”
While the attack was revealed in Berlin, Mirz was defining his new vision of the armed forces. “We believe in misleading security in our society at least a decade, and perhaps much more … this is now changing the model in the defense policy before us.”
Since the middle of the Cold War era, military spending has decreased in Germany as a percentage of GDP significantly. Batwa by 4.9 % in 1963, decreased to the lowest historical level in 2005 by only 1.1 %.
In only 2024, Germany reached 2 % of the defense spending – on the occasion of the first time in more than 30 years.
Hammerstein realizes that “every army of the world, in history and also in the future, will always claim that he has no enough.” But it is equivalent to the current situation of Germany by relying on “peace profits” in the 1990s that “it was a decrease for all the army, especially in Europe.”
He believes that Germany is on the right track now. Last year, for the first time, we were able to spend the standards of GDP by 2 %, and we will also spend money, such as 100 billion euros (about 620 billion ribs) we did in 2022, and this will continue, and the new consultant is completely intended for it.
Mirz may commit to reinforcement Military power expected from Germany He put his defense on a safer base, but the parliament committee’s report to the armed forces, Eva Hohal, suggested that the work to be done was important.
Last week, the report stressed that Bundeswehr did not achieve employment targets, and had an old combat force, with the loss of barracks and basic infrastructure. She said: “In his speech to addressing journalists in her release,” Bondezuire still has little of everything. “
In 2018, Germany pledged to increase its permanent forces to 203,000 by 2025 – a goal that was later reviewed to 2031.
The report says, “Bundeswehr failed again to reach its original goal.” Holgal said the current combat power of Bundeswehr is 181,174 people.
When asked how to reach the number, Hameristine, who joined a recruiter in 1992, suggested a mandatory military service period. Germany officially suspended employment in 2011.
“I was convinced of the law to join the army. So I think there is a kind of compulsory service that should be in effect to increase the numbers in the way we want to see,” commented. “This will not happen overnight – but the increase we will see … starting this year.”
The Högl report also highlighted the army, saying that men and women in service “grow up and grow up.” The average life in 2019 was 32.4, but now it increased to 34.
Perhaps the most condemned section came from the report with an attached account. He said that there is a need for 67 billion euros (about 415 billion rings) for infrastructure projects and describing barracks and property such as “still in catastrophic.”
For Hammerstein, however, it is not always money.
He insists that Germany has a strong platform for its launch, saying: “It comes to quality and what I see here during training is that we have a good material. We have already very excited soldiers … and this keeps me very optimistic that the material is good, and now we have to increase it.”
There is also a change in the national mentality towards Bundeswehr.
Although the Germans usually completely realize the image of their armed forces, mainly due to the country’s history, research indicates that many of them now have a more positive opinion.
A survey conducted by the German public broadcaster in March found that 66 % of the respondents believe that it is right to increase defensive spending and bondezoher, while 31 % said that spending should remain as it is or is cut off more.
It was also found that 59 % of the respondents agreed that Germany must significantly increase its debt to “dealing with the upcoming tasks, especially in defense and infrastructure.”
While Mirz begins the transformation of the German compressor, he is confident that he puts Germany on the right track for a safer and more prosperous future.
“Germany has returned,” he said a week ago in Berlin. “Germany offers a great contribution to the defense of freedom and peace in Europe.”
