{"id":20671,"date":"2023-11-13T13:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=20671"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T13:39:36","slug":"germany-on-the-march-bundeswehr-revamped-to-become-backbone-of-european-defense-berlin-to-double-military-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=20671","title":{"rendered":"Germany on the March: Bundeswehr Revamped to Become Backbone of European Defense, Berlin to Double Military Aid to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad Memories: Berlin is flexing its military muscles, and a shiver runs through Europe\u2019s spine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Badly trailing the conservative opposition in the polls, Olaf Scholz and his merry band of Liberal Globalists have come with a great new plan to turn things around: WAR.<\/p>\n

So now it arises that Germany will make its military \u2018the backbone of European deterrence\u2019 with sweeping changes and modernization.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s not all: to try and make up for the expected loss in foreign military aid for Ukraine, Scholz will double the amount of resources previously allocated.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201cGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s governing coalition has agreed in principle to double the country\u2019s military aid for Ukraine next year to 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion), a political source in Berlin said on Sunday.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Scholz\u2019s coalition holds a majority in Parliament, so the boost is expected to be approved, lifting Germany\u2019s defense spending to 2.1% of its GDP.<\/p>\n

That is beyond the 2% pledged by all North Atlantic Treaty Organization members \u2013 but never fully invested until now.<\/p>\n

\u201cLawmakers from Scholz\u2019s Social Democrats, the Free Democrats and the Green party agreed on the increase in negotiations over the proposed 2024 federal budget ahead of a formal meeting of the budget committee of the Bundestag \u2013 or lower house of parliament \u2013 on Thursday, Nov. 16, the source said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Defense sources declined to comment since the Bundestag committee has not finished negotiations.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cDefence minister Boris Pistorius, interviewed by broadcaster ARD, referred to the planned doubling of military aid to Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018It is a strong signal to Ukraine that we will not leave them in the lurch\u2019, he said, adding the move, if agreed, would mean the annual budget allocation would be enough to last the whole year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This comes at a delicate time when the EU plan to\u00a0spend up to 20 billion euros ($21 billion) on military aid for Ukraine hasn\u2019t found the needed unanimity.<\/p>\n

This spending move comes in the context of Germany\u2019s accelerating reforms of its\u00a0military bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

The ongoing\u00a0overhaul of the country\u2019s military was announced by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.<\/p>\n

The revamp of the military seeks to \u2018make the force more capable of defending Germany and its allies\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Deutsche Welle<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We must be the backbone of deterrence and collective defense in Europe. Our own population, as well as our\u00a0partners in Europe, North America and the world, expect us to face up to this responsibility\u2019, the new defense guidelines\u00a0said.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Bundeswehr, as Germany\u2019s army is known, \u2018must be ready for war in all areas. This means that its personnel and equipment must be geared towards fulfilling its demanding missions\u2019, the document added.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

A well-equipped military capable of high-intensity combat at any time \u201cis the only way to ensure credible deterrence and peace\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

The new major defense policy shift, known as \u201cZeitenwende,\u201d was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following\u00a0Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018With the Zeitenwende, Germany becomes a grown up country in terms of security policy\u2019, Pistorius said.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Reforming the Bundeswehr will take time, the organization now having to overcome \u2018decades of neglect\u2019.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opposition Moves: Leftist Labour in the UK and Conservative Christian Democratic Union in Germany Both Booming in Popularity, Expected to Defeat Current Administrations<\/a><\/p>\n\n

The post Germany on the March: Bundeswehr Revamped to Become Backbone of European Defense, Berlin to Double Military Aid to Ukraine<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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