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Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annually
(www.politico.eu)
I would not call that a U-turn:
Instead, the government pledges to meet the 2 percent target on average over a five-year period, as already set out in the recently published National Security Strategy.
Seems more like the same direction, just on a parallel lane.
On the one hand debatable, as it doesn't come 100% in line with the wording of the NATO guideline. On the other hand a practical course to measure across 5 years, as in some years there are larger procurements required than in others and overall the 2% are still met.
Politico = Axel Springer
They always put a divisive spin on it. It's the German equivalent of Murdoch.
Atlantik-Brücke much?
What's going on in Germany regarding war and the army? It seems that when it comes to Ukraine help, EU defense or its own army you get an info one day and retract a few days later.
This article is from a bullshit magazine, its actually 2% over 5 years, so not a real change
Yes, this just allows them to spend more in some year and less in another instead of having to budget to a very specific point each year.
The authoritarian pro military industrial complex block on lemmy is obviously not happy about this
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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