US EditionGermany Considers French Efforts in Defence Expenditure to Be ‘Insufficient'
13 Articles
13 Articles
In an unusually harsh radio statement, the head of German diplomacy, Johann Wadephul, called on Emmanuel Macron to cut his social spending to spend money on defence.
Germany is raising the tone. Berlin tastes little of France's defence ambition and makes it known. The head of German diplomacy did not hesitate to tance Emmanuel Macron on the microphone of German public radio Deutschlandfunk.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, speaking on the Deutschlandfunk radio, called on NATO's European partners to increase defence spending and particularly criticized France, calling its efforts "insufficient" in the defence sector. "We need to implement 5%," said Wadephul, referring to the obligation for the countries linked to the Alliance to allocate 5% of their GDP to the defence sector. "We do so in Germany; our budgets and our medium-…
The head of German diplomacy, Johann Wadephul, called on France to "make savings", in particular "in the social field", in order "to have the necessary room for manoeuvre to reach...
On Monday, Germany criticized France for its "inadequate" efforts in defence spending, calling for Paris to cut its social spending.
Referring to the stated objective of NATO countries to achieve at least 5% of their GDP for their security spending by 2035, the German Foreign Minister considered that there was "progress to be made".
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
