Tag: special assets
How the coalition is exploiting the climate and transformation fund
In order to get out of its financial dilemma, the federal government resorted to a trick that it has been using more and more in recent months: instead of the…
Stock pension could violate the Basic Law
Protection of old-age provision? The share pension is intended to help stabilize state benefits. But there are some legal hurdles. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Berlin Shortly before the expected presentation of…
Bundeswehr gets twelve new howitzers and 18 modern Leopard main battle tanks
Leopard 2A6 main battle tank The Bundeswehr gets the tanks handed over to Ukraine replaced by the latest model 2A8. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Bundeswehr will receive new tank howitzers…
Bundeswehr gets twelve new howitzers and 18 modern Leopard main battle tanks
Leopard 2A6 main battle tank The Bundeswehr gets the tanks handed over to Ukraine replaced by the latest model 2A8. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Bundeswehr will receive new tank howitzers…
“Our transport helicopter is already in the museum”
Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz in the cockpit of a Eurofighter The 57-year-old has been an Air Force Inspector for almost five years. (Photo: IMAGO/Kyodo News) Berlin The inspector of the…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly recap
Good morning everyone, I don’t know about you, but my pulse doesn’t automatically beat faster when we say in the conference: “Today we are doing something about the inverted yield…
European Sky Shield is slowly taking shape
Dusseldorf, Berlin At the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin provided the most recent proof of how important it is to develop European air defense systems. His announcement that tactical nuclear…
The European Sky Shield is slowly taking shape
Dusseldorf, Berlin At the weekend, Russian President Vladimir Putin provided the most recent proof of how important it is to develop European air defense systems. His announcement that tactical nuclear…
One year after the Chancellor’s turning point speech: Where does the Bundeswehr stand?
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Navy Became the most popular politician in record time. (Photo: ddp/Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy) Berlin When Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave his famous “turning point”…
One year after the Chancellor’s turning point speech: Where does the Bundeswehr stand?
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Navy Became the most popular politician in record time. (Photo: ddp/Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy) Berlin When Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave his famous “turning point”…
Disappointment: Has the turning point failed?
Good morning dear readers, It is exactly one year ago today that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave a historic speech in which he outlined Germany’s response to the Russian…
One year after the Chancellor’s turning point speech: Where does the Bundeswehr stand?
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Navy Became the most popular politician in record time. (Photo: ddp/Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy) Berlin When Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) gave his famous “turning point”…
Despite 100 billion special assets – why the expansion of the Bundeswehr is not progressing
Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet The first procurement proposals for the project are to be submitted to the budget committee by mid-December. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin In the defense industry, resentment…
Despite 100 billion special assets – why the expansion of the Bundeswehr is not progressing
Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jet The first procurement proposals for the project are to be submitted to the budget committee by mid-December. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin In the defense industry, resentment…
Frigates, corvettes and tanks deleted
Fuchs armored personnel carrier A successor model should no longer be financed from the special fund for the Bundeswehr. (Photo: imago images/Sven Eckelkamp) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Defense has…
Bundeswehr special assets: government cuts projects
Chancellor Olaf Scholz in front of a Puma infantry fighting vehicle The number of pieces for the intended second lot of the Puma is reduced almost every week. (Photo: Reuters)…
Federal Audit Office: Energy defense shield possibly unconstitutional
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor had promised a “double boom” to combat the consequences of the energy crisis. (Photo: AP) Berlin The Federal Court of Auditors doubts the constitutionality of the…
Clean up: Selenski fires the head of the secret service
Zelensky justified the spectacular dismissals with the fact that more than 60 employees from these authorities remained in the Russian-occupied territories and “collaborate with the enemy,” as the Kiev head…
The plan for the Bundeswehr
when 100 billion euros are to be distributed, the list of desires is suddenly much larger than the growing stock of funds. In the case of the Bundeswehr, which is…
Bundeswehr special fund: Traffic light argues about coalition dissenters
Some Green MPs want to vote no – and Juso boss Jessica Rosenthal also declared that she does not want to agree to the intended amendment to the Basic Law…