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Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annually (www.politico.eu)

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[–] ProcurementCat@feddit.de 61 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You can thank our libertarian minister of finance and his debt-ceiling fetish for that. He's also the one who demanded that our 100 billion fond for the armed forces has to include VAT tax, which effectively lowers it to 84 billion.

He's also the guy who likes to protect the more than 20 billion in subsidies for fossil fuels or the car industry, yet wants to cut social services by 20 billion.

[–] Horst_Voller@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

Danke Lindner.

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