Germany Announces a Military Budget Twice as High as France's for 2026

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Berlin plans to increase its defence budget to more than 108 billion euros in 2026, almost double that of France. An unprecedented effort to build "the most powerful conventional army in Europe", according to Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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Germany is accelerating its rearmament. Thanks to the lifting of the "indebtedness brake", voted last March, the government coalition of Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to increase the budget of the Bundeswehr to 3.5% of GDP by 2029, or about 153 billion euros, reports the specialized website opex360.com. By 2026, the German army will benefit from a budget of 108.2 billion, composed of 82.7 billion from the ordinary defence budget and 25.5 billi…

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Germany's government, chaired by Chancellor Merz, approved the draft federal budget 2026, allocating some EUR 82.7 billion to the Defense and providing for the recruitment of 10,000 military and 2,000 civil workers to expand and support the Bundeswehr....

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Thanks to the lifting of the "debt brake," voted in March, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government coalition will be able to bring out the "big bazooka" to equip Germany with "the most powerful conventional army in Europe." This obviously presupposes a substantial increase in the Bundeswehr's budget in the coming years, the objective being to... This article In 2026, Germany's military budget will be almost twice as high as France's appeared firs…