US EditionChancellor Merz Outlines Vision for Bundeswehr as Europe's Leading Military Force
- On May 14, 2025, Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the Bundestag in Berlin to outline plans to make Germany's military Europe’s strongest conventional force.
- This announcement follows Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to shift Germany’s defense policy and increase military spending.
- Merz committed to fully financing Germany's military buildup, exempting defense expenditures above 1% of GDP from the constitutional debt limit, and plans to increase troop numbers to 203,000 by 2031.
- In his speech, Merz emphasized that a powerful military discourages hostile actions, while a weak one encourages them, and he committed to allocating all necessary funding to develop the Bundeswehr into Europe’s leading conventional force.
- This initiative signals Germany’s commitment to European security amid Russian threats and reflects unity with Western allies and unconditional support for Ukraine.
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Germany must have stronger army than Britain says Friedrich Merz as he commits to spending 5% of GDP on defence
Germany must have stronger army than Britain says Friedrich Merz as he commits to spending 5% of GDP on defence - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has declared that Germany must have a stronger army than Britain, committing to spend five per cent of annual GDP on defence
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DÜSSELDORF, Germany — The European Union remains, at least in theory, a union of sovereign nation-states. Even within the nearly identical Eurozone, national budget sovereignty still prevails. But now, through a mix of war rhetoric and Putin panic, efforts are underway to consolidate national debts at the EU level. Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz of Merkel’s CDU, delivered his inaugural government address on Wednesday. The speech, held …
The German neo-German chancellor Friedrich Merz has "promised tangible changes for the country. Not 24 hours later the doubling of the defense expenditures was announced - and many rub their eyes. Behind the announcement is a message to Donald Trump, a new German self-understanding and creative accounting. The times of despising seem past. Merz apparently wants to become a Chancellor of the Superlatives. His change of politics is also an acousti…
Under Friedrich Merz, Schwarz-Rot is driving forward plans for a huge Bundeswehr. Hundreds of thousands of Germans would therefore have to cover the uniform.
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