Russian aggression and US isolationism push a once hesitant Germany to invest heavily in defence.

This article is about Germany rapidly increasing defence spending, and also the fact that they’re considering conscription. I also found this interesting:

A recent YouGov poll showed that 79% of Germans still see Vladimir Putin as “very” or “quite” dangerous to European peace and security. Now 74% said the same for Donald Trump.

Thoughts?

  • Freddy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I don’t think bolstering up defence spending is bad.

    It is much better to be prepared than sorry, also negotiating from a strong standpoint is helpful towards some other nations.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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      12 days ago

      The EU defense spending is already massive, easily outclassing everyone but the US.

      The problem is on what the money is spend on, as much is wasted to national white elephants or transferred to unreliable US defense companies.

      And in general way too much is spend on global force projection tech. There is for example no need for the EU to have a navy fleet that can operate independently for many months in the Pacific.