• cows_are_underrated@feddit.org
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    27 minutes ago

    It might not be possible to spend this amount of money for one simple reason. Germany has a so called “debt break” which means, that, in theory, Germany isn’t allowed to increase its debt. This is written in the construction, so to change this you need 2/3 of the parliament to agree. Now comes the real problem, our leftist party and the AfD make up over 2/3 of the parliament so it isn’t possible without them and both parties don’t want to increase military spending.

    • psud@aussie.zone
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      2 hours ago

      History, for Germany or the rest of us, is not cyclical. I wish those in charge of America understood that.

      I for one want Germany armed to the teeth

    • Tar_Alcaran
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      1 day ago

      Currently sliding along though. Hundreds of billions are heading towards pretty much all EU militaries.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    Are you talking about money though? The German military is in rut for years under Merkel, and the number of German military personnel is quite low. It is France, Poland and UK who have the largest number of active personnel in Europe. What Germany will do is fund them instead.

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    1 day ago

    Reported for misinformation, they patched that exploit. Now you have to manually justify wars before having your civil war to form the “totally democratic” EU in 1938, like some kind of Italian.