Tag: Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr billions are just the beginning
Bundeswehr soldiers 100 billion euros are to flow into a special fund. (Photo: dpa) German politics has made an abrupt about-face at an impressive speed: The Bundeswehr is to receive…
“Special Fund Bundeswehr” turns the debt brake into a farce
armed forces A “Special Fund for the Federal Armed Forces” outside the federal budget is intended to enable additional expenditure of 100 billion euros for rapid rearmament. (Photo: imago/Eckehard Schulz)…
Finance Minister Lindner wants to upgrade the Bundeswehr more
Berlin Christian Lindner (FDP) had to have difficult talks in the past few days. The Federal Finance Minister met his cabinet colleagues to talk them out of exaggerated spending requests…
Lindner and Habeck call for more funds for the Bundeswehr
Robert Habeck and Christian Lindner The economics ministers and the finance minister are calling for more investment in the Bundeswehr. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner and…
Angriff auf die freie Welt
Russlands Invasion und die Folgen für Europa Die russische Armee ist in die Ukraine einmarschiert. (Foto: Smetek) Als Olaf Scholz am 15. Februar frühmorgens in die Regierungsmaschine nach Moskau stieg, hatte…
„Für diese Rede habe ich dreieinhalb Flaschen Wein gebraucht“
Der erste Kanzler und der erste Bundespräsident: Konrad Adenauer (links) und Theodor Heuss (Foto: imago images/ZUMA/Keystone) Düsseldorf Die bislang zwölf deutschen Bundespräsidenten haben in ihren Amtszeiten für zahlreiche denkwürdige Sprüche, Zitate…
Michael Roth fordert härtere Sanktionen gegen Russland
Die aktuell laufenden Gespräche des Westens mit Russland bewertet Roth als „Chance“. Klar sei aber, dass über die Zugehörigkeit zur Nato von Ländern wie der Ukraine „nicht in Moskau entschieden…
Bundestag releases 2.2 billion euros for vaccine procurement – Bundeswehr increases corona administrative assistance
The one that has grown more and more recently Optimism among German real estate financiers has been dampened with the new version of the corona virus. The mood in the…
„Einen Bruch mit China wird es unter Scholz nicht geben“
Berlin Seit mehr als 13 Jahren führt Wolfgang Ischinger die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (MSC). Jetzt ist Schluss. „Es muss jetzt die nächste Generation ran“, sagt der 75-jährige Diplomat im Handelsblatt-Interview und…
Baden-Württemberg wants to stop cultural and sports events – up to 8,000 Bundeswehr soldiers ready for Corona deployment
the Prime Ministers of the federal states want this Tuesday with the executive Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the likely future Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) advised on the Corona crisis.…
Merkel, Scholz and the federal states are already giving advice on Corona tomorrow – up to 8,000 Bundeswehr soldiers ready for Corona deployment
The one from the The new Corona crisis team planned for the expected coalition partners SPD, Greens and FDP is to start “as soon as possible”, according to the executive…
Baden-Württemberg announces further tightening of the corona – Bundeswehr general to head Corona crisis team
FDP boss Christian Lindner defends his party’s line. It is now a matter of “finally fighting consistently” against the pandemic, says Linder in the ZDF program “Berlin direkt”. “From our…
Strack-Zimmermann: The Bundeswehr needs a critical review
Foreign missions with unclear goals, faulty material and disaster control in the event of floods and pandemics – the traffic lights are facing major challenges in terms of defense policy.…
Lindner considers new Corona measures necessary – the Bundeswehr apparently wants to mobilize soldiers against Corona
The FDP chairman Christian Lindner has clarified that he does not deny the effectiveness of contact restrictions for containing the corona pandemic. Previously, statements made by him on Friday evening…
Withdrawal of the Bundeswehr? Chancellor candidates question Mali mission – politics abroad
Withdrawal of the Bundeswehr from Mali? In Berlin there is growing pressure for a quick review of the current operations of a total of 1200 German soldiers in Mali, West…
Michael Wolffsohn on mission in Mali – The Bundeswehr is threatened with a second disaster – Politics abroad
The next disaster is already foreseeable: the war in and around Mali. Since 2012/13 it has been carried out amateurishly and without any political or military strategy. Not only from…