Tag: Defense policy
Look, the woman is doing her job – politics
Finally, a few words of appreciation. It is party colleague and Chancellor Olaf Scholz who finds praise for the minister in the general debate on the budget, who is under…
Bundeswehr special assets: Zoff between Union and traffic lights – politics
When Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a “Special Fund for the Federal Armed Forces” a good three weeks ago in his turning point government statement, the MPs of the CDU and…
EU plans rapid reaction force from 2025 and sends arms to Ukraine
The EU states want to support Ukraine with more arms deliveries and cooperate closely in caring for the refugees. Before the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, EU foreign…
Legionnaires in the war in Ukraine. – Culture
comment by Moritz Baumsteiger Imagine it’s war. Not difficult at the moment: just reach for your cell phone, open the news app or Twitter or Instagram, and he’s there. Missiles…
Secretary of State Baerbock demands a new security strategy – Opinion
In view of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the army inspector, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, made the impressively honest and politically devastating diagnosis that the Bundeswehr was “more or less…
New National Security Strategy: Baerbock’s Signal to Putin – Politics
Annalena Baerbock speaks of longing on Friday morning under the chandeliers in the wood-panelled Weltsaal of the Federal Foreign Office. She invited the diplomatic corps in Berlin. With the date,…
Bundeswehr: barracks in “desolate condition”, infrastructure “dilapidated” – politics
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, is alarmed by the “sometimes desolate” condition in the barracks. In the military report for 2021, she also focuses on accommodation,…
Bundeswehr: F-35 fighter jet to replace Tornado fleet
The federal government wants the Air Force with the US stealth jet F-35 equip. The machines from the manufacturer Lockheed Martin should according to information from Süddeutsche Zeitung as the…
Bundeswehr wants to purchase F-35 stealth jets
The federal government wants the Air Force with the US stealth jet F-35 equip. According to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the machines from the manufacturer Lockheed Martin are to…
Armor: Europe buys more weapons
Global arms trade declined slightly from 2017 to 2021. However, the European countries have increased their imports by a fifth during this period. That was calculated by the peace research…