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

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1554654

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Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230817101801/https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-defense-change-of-plan-nato-spending/

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[–] bouh@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's going on in Germany regarding war and the army? It seems that when it comes to Ukraine help, EU defense or its own army you get an info one day and retract a few days later.

[–] statist43@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This article is from a bullshit magazine, its actually 2% over 5 years, so not a real change

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, this just allows them to spend more in some year and less in another instead of having to budget to a very specific point each year.