After the Russian invasion of Ukraine the CSU demands significantly more money for the Bundeswehr. “It’s war,” said CSU boss Markus Söder on Friday after a video call by the CSU board in Munich. Ukraine is not a regional conflict, ultimately the “security of all of us”, of all of Europe, NATO and Germany is affected.
The Bundeswehr must now be reorganized, stressed Söder. It is shameful when soldiers stationed in Lithuania lack clothing or ammunition for their weapons. “I have to change something fundamentally.” The Bundeswehr needs more money so that it is able to take over the national defense and the defense of the alliance. The air defense must also be reorganized. This also includes sticking to what is known as nuclear sharing, such as equipping aircraft in Germany with nuclear weapons.
It is now important to increase intrinsic safety. To do this, NATO troops would have to be set up in Eastern Europe as a “sign that the alliance commitment is in place,” said Söder.