Berlin: Germany In response, it will increase its spending on defense to more than 2% of its economic output. RussiaInvasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholzo told an extraordinary session of Bundestag Lower House of Parliament on Sunday.
“We have to invest more in the security of our country to protect freedom and democracy,” he said, adding that the government had decided to supply 100 billion euros for military investment from its 2022 budget.
Germany has long resisted pressure from United States of america and others to increase its defense spending to 2% of economic output in light of its bloody 20th-century history and consequently strong pacifism among its population.
But it has changed several long-standing policies in recent days, including refusing to deliver weapons to conflict zones, sending defensive anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition to Ukraine. includes agreeing to.
“There can be no other answer to this” Putinof aggression,” Scholz told lawmakers.
“We have to invest more in the security of our country to protect freedom and democracy,” he said, adding that the government had decided to supply 100 billion euros for military investment from its 2022 budget.
Germany has long resisted pressure from United States of america and others to increase its defense spending to 2% of economic output in light of its bloody 20th-century history and consequently strong pacifism among its population.
But it has changed several long-standing policies in recent days, including refusing to deliver weapons to conflict zones, sending defensive anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition to Ukraine. includes agreeing to.
“There can be no other answer to this” Putinof aggression,” Scholz told lawmakers.
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