Because of the growing tensions in relations with Russia, NATO considers the turnaround policy of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to be inadequate. She calls for a significant increase in defense spending. “Two percent is not enough for Germany. “It has to go towards three percent,” said the highest German NATO general, Christian Badia South German newspaper. Germany is currently barely meeting NATO’s previous goal of spending two percent of economic output on defense, also because interest burdens, pension and child benefit costs are taken into account. The catch-up process is difficult because the goal had not been achieved for many years. With a gross domestic product (GDP) of around four trillion euros, three percent would currently mean around 40 billion euros more per year for defense spending.

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