US EditionGerman Army Must Use New Funds Responsibly, Auditors Say
- The Bundesrechnungshof issued a special report on Tuesday urging the German army to use new defence funds responsibly and efficiently.
- This report follows Germany's parliament decision in March to approve a large defence spending increase, loosening previous debt limits.
- The auditors recommend thorough efficiency analyses, task prioritization, and restructuring to focus on more troops and less administration.
- Kay Scheller, Bundesrechnungshof president, warned, "Whatever it takes must not become money doesn't matter!" emphasizing responsible financial management.
- The report implies that significant organisational and personnel reforms are essential for the Bundeswehr to improve defence effectiveness with the extra funds.
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Germany's top budget auditors have given Boris Pistorius a number of tasks to consider. Essentially, there are too many desk-bound workers and the danger of getting too little for too much money.
In a special report, the Bundesrechnungshof analysed the Bundeswehr. Budgetary auditors criticize structural and organisational shortcomings.
In the Ministry of Defence, Minister Boris Pistorius is said to be sitting on a mini-reform of his house again. It is also about a number of top positions where there might be a change.
VBB Association of Officials and Employees of the Bundeswehr e.V. [Newsroom]Bonn (ots) - The Association of Officials of the Bundeswehr (VBB e.V.) takes the report of the Bundesrechnungshof on the need for action at the Bundeswehr on 27 May 2025 as an opportunity to revisit the unremitting need for reform in the Bundeswehr ... Continue reading here...Original content of: VBB Association of Officials and Employees of the Bundeswehr e.V., transmit…
The AfD's 2019 paper "Armed Forces of the Bundeswehr" reads like a blueprint for Defense Minister Boris Pistorius's plans for the Bundeswehr. How much agreement is there with the new personnel policy in the US military?
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