this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
83 points (97.7% liked)

World News

840 readers
543 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be a decent person
  2. No spam
  3. Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
Deceptichum@quokk.au
Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
83
Germany’s Massive Spending Bill Challenges Kremlin for European Military Dominance (www.kyivpost.com)
submitted 1 day ago by Domino to c/world@quokk.au
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Lawmakers in Germany’s lower legislative house, the Bundestag, on Wednesday approved a massive defense spending bill that could put Germany on the path of rivaling Russia for military dominance of the continent.

The ultimate size of the pot of German taxpayer money now freed up for more German combat units, equipment, intensified training, and increased armaments production and assistance to Ukraine is tied to state borrowing limits linked to the size of Germany’s approximate $4.7 trillion GDP.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

3 days.