The Bundeswehr is to be strengthened with the special fund.
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Berlin The Union in the Bundestag rejects the amendment to the Basic Law for the planned Bundeswehr billions in the proposed version. “The traffic light draft for setting up the Bundeswehr special fund in the Basic Law cannot be approved by the Union,” said housekeeper Mathias Middelberg on Wednesday of the German Press Agency.
It must be clear that the 100 billion euros would go entirely to the Bundeswehr and its equipment. “The formulation presented ‘to strengthen alliance and defense capability’ also allows for other uses,” said Middelberg. “We do not give a clean bill of health for 100 billion euros in additional spending without the use of funds being clearly defined.”
In addition, the Union faction must also be involved in the specific use of funds. An accompanying committee for the use of the special fund, which decides with a qualified majority, is conceivable.
The federal cabinet had previously launched the special fund. However, the traffic light coalition in the Bundestag needs a two-thirds majority for the amendment to the Basic Law, and thus also votes from the opposition.
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Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) emphasized in Berlin on Wednesday that she wanted to “expand the Bundeswehr into a powerful and ultra-modern army” with the planned billion-euro program. “My goal is a fully equipped Bundeswehr that reliably protects us and our alliance partners; an army that makes Germany a strong military cooperation partner in Europe – and thus a European force booster in NATO and the EU.”
Ampel is apparently planning an economic plan
The federal government wants to define the concrete use of the 100 billion euros in an economic plan, reports Reuters, citing draft laws to set up the Bundeswehr special fund. Accordingly, all income and expenditure should be estimated in the business plan.
However, this should only be created at a later date. According to the news agency, exactly when remained open. According to a Reuters insider, the economic plan can be submitted by June.
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