Merkel Defends Decline in Military Spending After 1990

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Old Chancellor Merkel defended the sharp decline in German defence spending after 1990: in the situation at that time that was right. But now Germany has to invest heavily in order to become "peaceable".

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Chancellor Merkel has described NATO states' agreement on higher arms spending as logical and necessary.

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Angela Merkel explains lower arms spending in recent decades with the construction of the new federal states. NATO's five percent target is the right one.

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In the courtyard of the Schwerin Castle, former Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke during a panel discussion on, among other things, the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, the Gaza war and the new NATO target for higher military expenditures.

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The old chancellor returns. Angela Merkel has her cool-down phase, the writing of her memoirs and her reading journey behind her. In the stage talk "RND on site" in Schwerin, she now spoke about war and peace, migration - and men as chancellors.