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Germany’s Massive Spending Bill Challenges Kremlin for European Military Dominance (www.kyivpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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Lawmakers in Germany’s lower legislative house, the Bundestag, on Wednesday approved a massive defense spending bill that could put Germany on the path of rivaling Russia for military dominance of the continent.

The ultimate size of the pot of German taxpayer money now freed up for more German combat units, equipment, intensified training, and increased armaments production and assistance to Ukraine is tied to state borrowing limits linked to the size of Germany’s approximate $4.7 trillion GDP.

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Isn’t this great, Putin was worried about Europe being a threat and has now haplessly engineered a Europe that is rearming led by germs in might. Russia must feel safer now.