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reference news reported on september 16the german newspaper süddeutsche zeitung recently reported that the german bundestag began discussing the fiscal budget on the 10th, with the defense budget attracting the most attention. after the russian-ukrainian conflict broke out on february 24, 2022, german chancellor scholz announced in a government statement that the conflict marked "an epochal turning point in our european history." he said that necessary measures would be taken to ensure peace in europe, and germany must significantly increase investment in national security to safeguard freedom and democracy. scholz said: "the goal is to build a strong, modern and progressive federal defense force to provide us with reliable protection." but two and a half years have passed, and germany seems to be getting further and further away from this goal. the pro-german social democratic party think tank "future department" released a study on the 2nd. after analyzing the current situation, defense and security experts concluded: "this is a government failure."

in 2025, germany's defense budget will increase by about 1.2 billion euros from the current 52 billion euros per year. but from 2028, the defense budget will reach 80 billion euros per year to implement the goals set by nato.

some security experts are skeptical, such as christian merlin of the german bertelsmann foundation, who participated in writing the "future sector" think tank report. in an interview, he said: "approving the defense budget also means approving the funding gap: we now know that germany needs more than 53 billion euros in defense budget in 2025. by 2030, it will reach about 103 billion euros."

the report, which examined public data and held talks with politicians and professionals, found that the german government had failed to fulfill its constitutional mandate to ensure the defense of its armed forces in the past few years, was not fulfilling it now, and would not be able to do so in the foreseeable future.