CDU expert is thinking about 300 billion for the Bundeswehr, SPD isthinking about the debt brake - FDP waves it off. Sonja Ruf: How important the level of defense spending will become will become clear only recently.
In principle, the larger parliamentary groups in the Bundestag seem to agree: more money should be invested in the defense sector. There is only disagreement about how to get there, given the strained budget situation, she says. The topic of building up armaments is currently very popular in the political debate in Germany.