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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

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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.

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[–] KBec@programming.dev 13 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

You know it’s a weird timeline when everyone is happy the Germans are re-arming again, bigly…

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 22 hours ago

Now let's just hope AfD doesn't get into power.

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 4 points 23 hours ago

Pause and pray moment, isn't it?

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, Kremlin lost military dominance when they tried to invade Ukraine in a week and failed.

[–] martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 14 hours ago

3 days.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 23 hours ago

Isn’t this great, Putin was worried about Europe being a threat and has now haplessly engineered a Europe that is rearming led by germs in might. Russia must feel safer now.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Trump & Putin: no, not like that!